This is part of the reason Saw in Half was a perfect inclusion in the Bloomburrow Squirrel Away Commander deck featuring Hazel of the Rootbloom at the helm
Its other removal spells are more conditional, but still excellent choices for most decks
2009-02-01 You can choose to find any card with the Sliver creature type, even if it isnt a creature card
With that said, if you do get full copies of Path, it's worth considering pointing all of them at your own creatures, now that the board is mostly empty, just to get the mana advantage on the table
For Cleric Class, the most compelling abilities that provided a good mix of gameplay and flavor were life gain and reanimation
A creature with a shield counter on it may still be destroyed by state-based actions if it has damage marked on it equal to its toughness or has been dealt unpreventable damage by a source with deathtouch