Yeah, let the shadow take care of some of your cycling.
Another card that is cool for this deck, at least I like to run at least 2, is
Citadel of Minas Tirith, it's just cool to know you can exert a lot to win skirmishes and some of it will just heal itself.
Slinker is also nice, he can just save your #$&*@! big time and this deck removes lots of burdens.