The One Ring

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #380 · Mythic · Legendary Artifact

Mana cost: {4}

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.

Illustrated by Veli Nyström · Released June 23, 2023

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $10.49 USD (8.0%) to $140.92 USD; low $130.43 USD, high $141.66 USD.

Printings

  1. The Hobbit Eternal #44 (HOC) · Mythic · 2026 · $129.12 USD
  2. The Hobbit Eternal #84 (HOC) · Mythic · 2026 · $456.49 USD foil
  3. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #697 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $320.00 USD
  4. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #748 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $939.66 USD
  5. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #748z (LTR) · Mythic · 2023
  6. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #791 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $295.79 USD foil
  7. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #246 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $114.75 USD
  8. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #380 (this printing) · Mythic · 2023 · $140.92 USD
  9. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #451 (LTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $109.68 USD
  10. Tales of Middle-earth Promos #246s (PLTR) · Mythic · 2023 · $292.47 USD foil

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2023-06-16 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2023-06-16 · wotc — 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.
  3. 2023-06-16 · wotc — 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.
  4. 2023-06-16 · wotc — 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.

Played in these commander decks

  1. Sauron, the Dark Lord · in 48% of 50 decks
  2. Zhulodok, Void Gorger · in 42% of 45 decks
  3. Elrond, Moon-Reader · in 36% of 39 decks
  4. Sam, Loyal Attendant · in 26% of 46 decks
  5. Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · in 24% of 49 decks
  6. Heliod, Sun-Crowned · in 24% of 46 decks
  7. Reki, the History of Kamigawa · in 23% of 44 decks
  8. Dihada, Binder of Wills · in 20% of 49 decks

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