"At $2 million, the “One Ring” would be the first seven-figure “Magic” card; the record for a baseball card sold at auction is more than $12 million.
"The odds of finding the card in a pack were low—below 0.00003%, according to Hasbro. Still, the novelty, rarity and perceived value drove interest, attracting "Magic" diehards and novices alike. Now, with the card found, dealers may see sales of unopened packs lose steam.
@Smersh Yeah, but what happens to the bearer????
@sfleetucker crap, took a screenshot of the Wizards' post with the full inscription. Unfortunately, I'll need someone fluent in Elvish to crack it.
On a guess, the top says "The One Ring," the middle text says it's a Legendary Artifact (or a Unique Artifact).
And the text block is the One Ring poem that was inscribed on the ring.
Edit: In the Black Speech but Elven letters, as Gandalf (appropriately) points out.
@Tarnagh can you tap it and what happens if you do?
Cumulative upkeep.
ETA: Seriously though, aside from being cool, what *does* it do?
@Tarnagh I like! Not enough to pay $2M but I like how they've worked it into the mechanics.
I'm feeling low-key smug that I got the "interpretation" correct. Also that it technically does have cumulative upkeep before I found it to see what it does.
I like the mechanics for it as well. It'd be interesting to see how it plays with the rest of the deck. Like ... do you have to have Frodo in order to use it? Can it be just an artifact in play without being attached to one of the character cards?
@Tarnagh there were at least 3 that carried the ring in Middle Earth so I doubt it's character locked.
Good point.
It'd still be funny if you had to have Gollum, Sam, Frodo, or Sauron in order to put it out though.
And by "funny" I mean incredibly frustrating since I'm willing to bet some of those aren't going to be common cards.
@Tarnagh ... does MTG have licensed character cards now?
I enjoyed their crazy, WotC stylized character types that were quasi unique.
Took me a second to see MTG as Magic The Gathering. #semipolitics