Wizards of the Coast is launching a Lord of the Rings: Tales of Center-earth (opens in new tab) crossover set for Magic: The Gathering, which is able to characteristic one card so uncommon that solely considered one of them shall be printed.
That card is, in fact, The One Ring, “the treasure, and temptation, of Sauron’s energy” that triggered a lot hassle in Tolkien’s Third Age. You realize the story:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings beneath the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords of their halls of stone,
9 for Mortal Males doomed to die,
One for the Darkish Lord on his darkish throne
Within the Land of Mordor the place the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule all of them, One Ring to search out them,
One Ring to carry all of them, and within the darkness bind them
Within the Land of Mordor the place the Shadows lie.
There shall be a number of editions of The One Ring card, together with a primary set model and bundle alt-art and prolonged artwork variations, which can be found via more and more restricted channels. However the true prize is the 1 of 1 Ring, “a standard foil card printed within the Black Speech of Sauron utilizing Tengwar letterforms” that may solely be present in an English-language Lord of the Rings: Tales of Center-earth collector booster pack.
And sure, which means one single booster pack: One particular person goes to search out this card, and can then be the one particular person on the planet to personal it, a minimum of till the prevalence of commerce or crime. In that method, it is sort of like an NFT, besides as an alternative of not truly current, it does.
Here is a more in-depth take a look at the one card to rule all of them:
The entire completely different One Ring playing cards, to be clear, are “mechanically equivalent,” which implies proudly owning the 1 of 1 (or both of the opposite particular editions) will not grant you any benefits in a match. If something, I believe the alternative is extra probably: Taking part in it’ll dramatically improve your odds of getting rolled within the car parking zone after the sport is over.
The opposite rings of energy shall be represented by Sol Rings themed after those created for elves, dwarves, and males. These make use of Quenya, the language of the excessive elves, additionally written in Tengwar letterforms, and a restricted variety of each serialized double rainbow foil and non-foil variations shall be out there.
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Center-earth crossover set will launch on June 23 (opens in new tab). The digital launch—which is not going to embody the 1 of 1 Card, for the file—is about to occur just a few days earlier on June 20.
