Call of the Ring
Call of the Ring: Enchantment, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 79
- Artist
- Anato Finnstark
- Commander rank
- 1,411 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Call of the Ring
Call of the Ring is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black enchantment from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 79 in that set, with art by Anato Finnstark. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.82 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
"The Ring is mine!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.82 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Call of the Ring by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Call of the Ring
Call of the Ring has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #530 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #766 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #355 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #79s | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Call of the Ring, newest first.
- The Ring can tempt you even if you don't control a creature. In this case, abilities that trigger "whenever the Ring tempts you" will still trigger.
- Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.
- If the Ring tempts you but you can't choose a creature as your Ring-bearer (probably because you control no creatures), Call of the Ring's last ability won't trigger.
- The Ring gains its abilities in order from top to bottom. Once it gains an ability, it has that ability for the rest of the game.
- Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
- As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
- Call of the Ring's last ability will trigger any time you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, even if that creature was already your Ring-bearer.
- Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
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