The halfling can threaten to end games fairly early with plenty of Ring-tempting options in black and white, and nearly all of them cost four or less
Nobody can claim this cards moving too fast to be fair, nor can you argue with the results you get when you fling Archon of Cruelty and Overlord of the Boilerbilges at your opponents
Thanks to the existence of Dryad Arbor, it can also be played on turn one to find an additional land
For mechanical purposes, the game remains the same
Its also a piece of Urza, Planeswalker, a Melded planeswalker card created by Urza, Lord Protector, and The Mightstone and the Weakstone Artifact Melding together
Afterward, broad answers like counterspells, discard, and targeted removal tend to fair best