A low mana curve, workable theme, and solid card advantage from the command zone make it play pretty well
The Ring's emblem of temptation relies on players having good creatures that can attack effectively without being killed by blockers too easily, so the effect may be better used by creature-heavy decks that are already adept at pushing damage, or even control decks that can attack with a single, evasive creature to close out the game
While you can have a figure present, try and make sure the figure is secondary to the landscape
You control enchanted artifact
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But the reason for their disappearance is never directly explained, assuming the figure of the Piper is intended as allegory for what really happened