Judson - Housekeeper is a similar problem, but her effect on the board is even less, since realistically you would be playing a five drop Floodborn to ramp from five to seven (unless you skipped inking and went from four to six, but still..)
This artifact is a 2-drop that forces people to keep their cards in their hands, so everyone likes it, and you can XX tap it at instant speed to make everyone draw cards
The easy answer is a mix of math and opportunity cost
This is that each turn, The One Ring will deal damage to you based on the number of Burden Counters it has
This was one of those products where everyone in the building was invested in each stage of development, as we have so many passionate Final Fantasy fans in the building. Of course, even within those picks, there are some decisions you have to make about direction