That makes it a dedicated blocker and a decent bank for +1/+1 counters, but that's only applicable if you have Resourceful Defense in play
The permanent's owner chooses whether to put it on the top or bottom of their library
The 1 of 1 Ring in The Lord of the Rings crossover set The card 1/1 Ring7441038 1.02 MB Where it can be pulled Distribution970600 92.8 KB BGS attempts to convince people to grade with them Custom label572774 54.9 KB BGS campaign562970 101 KB The ring has possibly been pulled DA Cardworld announcement803708 126 KB Tweet: WSJ article It is not yet known who found the card - or what will happen next
And because of the Epic-clause, you'd have no spell-centric way of interacting with disruption, other than being patient for more snakes
Once you do, though, be prepared to defend it
Decklist: Venture with Initiative in Commander Aarakocra Sneak | Illustration by Andrea Radeck Commander (1) Planeswalker (1) Creature (35) Baleful Strix Merfolk Looter Phantasmal Image Priest of Fell Rites Triumphant Adventurer Yuan-Ti Malison Doomed Necromancer Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker Master of Death Morbid Opportunist Nadaar, Selfless Paladin Obsessive Stitcher Plaguecrafter Safana, Calimport Cutthroat White Plume Adventurer Archaeomancer Barrowin of Clan Undurr Midnight Pathlighter Oriq Loremage Passageway Seer Ravenloft Adventurer Doom Whisperer Karmic Guide Mulldrifter Reveillark Rilsa Rael, Kingpin Syr Konrad, the Grim Burning-Rune Demon Harvester of Souls Radiant Solar Sun Titan Serra's Emissary Sheoldred, Whispering One Toxrill, the Corrosive Ashen Rider Instant (8) Swords to Plowshares Despark Faithful Mending Heliod's Intervention Bar the Gate Forbidden Alchemy Frantic Search Utter End Sorcery (9) Reanimate Persist Buried Alive Victimize Graceful Restoration Time Wipe Tragic Arrogance Unburial Rites Ever After Enchantment (6) Tortured Existence Animate Dead Phyrexian Arena Precipitous Drop Thorough Investigation Undercellar Sweep Artifact (7) Sol Ring Arcane Signet Lightning Greaves Strionic Resonator Talisman of Dominance Talisman of Hierarchy Talisman of Progress Land (33) Arcane Sanctum Brightclimb Pathway Clearwater Pathway Command Tower Darkwater Catacombs Deserted Beach Dromar's Cavern Esper Panorama Exotic Orchard Glacial Floodplain Godless Shrine Hengegate Pathway Ice Tunnel Island x3 Meticulous Archive Nimbus Maze Plains x3 Prairie Stream Raffine's Tower Shadowy Backstreet Shattered Sanctum Shipwreck Marsh Sunken Hollow Swamp x3 Thriving Heath Thriving Isle Undercity Sewers There obviously arent enough initiative cards to fill a deck completely, which is why I like a generic venture deck with initiative included makes more sense
