Alena, Kessig Trapper The first knock on Alena, Kessig Trapper is a high cost, especially with a primary ability that ramps you
Soothing of Smagol can be cast during the end step, causing your opponent to basically lose a turn while you get to start your turn with the benefits of the Ring
The 6-mana cost is steep, but its not a deterrent to the benefits for reanimator decks in Modern and eternal formats
Smeagol, Helpful Guide FromTheShire: His built in tempt is nice but slow, however if you can pack a bunch of effects to do so more rapidly this can provide some really powerful ramp
It's a kicker-like mechanic where you can pay a cost any number of times
If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the stated exception