The Ring is also quite useful even without all its abilities, although admittedly its true impact will also have a lot to do with who is carrying it
Fun fact: Mienshao can deliver devastating attacks so quickly, opponents barely see its arms move
What I normally would do before posting or accepting a trade is going into the trades wall, checking what users are asking, and giving in exchange for a card to get an idea
So why is it so expensive
I mean, on his own he is effectively a 3-mana 3/3 in most cases, and youll often have other creatures on which you can use the ability that might have more of an impact
Its a strange feeling to be a deck of only Mountains thats incredibly bad against Blood Moon, but if one sticks without an immediate answer or a token already in play youre basically dead