The Ring has a new bearer, and apparently he believes in using his collectibles. Three years after paying $2 million for the one-of-one The One Ring card, Post Malone took it out of its protective slab and put it onto the battlefield during a real game of Magic: The Gathering.
The musician brought the card to a recent episode of The Command Zone’s Game Knights, where he played it during a Commander match rather than simply showing off one of the rarest cards in the game’s history.
“I’m taking it out of the obnoxious big block,” said Posty, as the other players gasped. “It would ruin game night.”
High-value trading cards are typically kept graded and protected to preserve their condition, but Malone removed The One Ring from its case and actually used it as intended.
Malone’s card plays just like the more common versions of The One Ring: when it enters the battlefield, it grants protection from everything until the player’s next turn, then can be tapped to draw cards at the cost of accumulating burden counters that eventually drain life. What makes his copy special is the 001/001 serial number — it’s the only one in existence.
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