If those abilities dont mention you choosing a Ring-bearer, they will go off even if you control no creatures, but if they do only trigger when that choice is made, you must have a creature to be your Ring-bearer for that trigger to occur
Collector Boosters Packs Collector boosters function similarly to Play boosters in that you can rip open packs to pull your favorite chase cards, but both cost more and contain rarer cards
As a side note, ward works like counter magic, so if something is uncounterable it gets past the ward protection
Smagol, Helpful GuideSmagol, Helpful Guide helps you build up to a monstrous Chapter III
The icing here is that it has Encore (although its a bit pricey), so in the late game you can activate it to get three copies of the Angel swinging (assuming all players are alive), with a gain of 15 life and three permanents back from the grave