The One Ring

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The One Ring: Legendary Artifact, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Mythic
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
246
Artist
Veli Nyström
Commander rank
92 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Indestructible

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About The One Ring

The One Ring is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare colourless legendary artifact from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 246 in that set, with art by Veli Nyström. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Modern, Duel Commander and Historic. It has been printed in 3 sets, from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023) to The Hobbit Eternal (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $112.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

Indestructible

When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.

{T}: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $112.68 (as of 2026-11-01).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of The One Ring by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernBanned
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderBanned
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricBanned
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of The One Ring

The One Ring has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #44Mythic2026
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #84Mythic2026
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #697Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #748Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #748zMythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #791Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #0Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #380Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #451Mythic2023
Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #246sMythic2023

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to The One Ring, newest first.

  • Nothing other than the specified events are prevented or illegal. An effect that doesn't target you could still cause you to discard cards, for example. Creatures can still attack you while you have protection from everything, although combat damage that they would deal to you will be prevented.
  • If a player has protection from everything, it means three things: 1) All damage that would be dealt to that player is prevented. 2) Auras can't be attached to that player. 3) That player can't be the target of spells or abilities.
  • Gaining protection from everything causes a spell or ability on the stack to have an illegal target if it targets you. As a spell or ability tries to resolve, if all its targets are illegal, that spell or ability doesn't resolve and none of its effects happen, including effects unrelated to the target. If at least one target is still legal, the spell or ability does as much as it can to the remaining legal targets, and its other effects still happen.
  • Protection from everything will usually prevent damage if it would be dealt to you, but some damage can't be prevented. In this case, that damage reduces your life total as normal.

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