Expose the Culprit defends your creatures from removal while also getting you access to the cards that offer big value on flip, like Unyielding Gatekeeper or even Dog Walker
Like I said, it might just make things worse
Each of the 4 included The Lord of the Rings: Stories from Middle-earth scene box contains 6 foil cards without border, which together feature one of the most epic scenes from The Lord of the Rings
Even if this doesnt happen immediately, it seems the price of Contractual Safeguard is unlikely to skyrocket
Log in RULINGS 2022-10-14 If a noncreature artifact is returned to the battlefield this way and another effect would cause that artifact to be a creature while it is on the battlefield (such as the ability of March of the Machines), that artifact will enter the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter.
But players don't care how it looks, it's what it does for them