If your opponent has a slow start or stumbles in some way, you actually have a chance to take advantage by establishing your Counterbalance lock
This damage may be modified by replacement or prevention effects
As such, it's easy to find a way to return Thousand-Faced Shadow to hand so that it can copy another attacking creature later on
The shock lands, which originated in Ravnica block, are staples of Modern and Commander
Oh, I just realized it said creature card, I'm blind lol
Being able to remove whatever nonland card for just one mana and two life is really key: you can play it on turn one to map whatever your opponent is doing, you can delay it to snipe a Lurrus or to jam your combo immediately Its hard to say how much I love this card and how much I think its an egregious design