First printed in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023)
Instant
Exile target creature you own, then return it to the battlefield under your control. The Ring tempts you.
How had it come to be on his finger? He wondered if the Ring itself had not played him a trick.
- Illustrated by
- Iga Oliwiak
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (10)
- 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.
- Once the exiled creature returns, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras attached to the exiled creatures will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creatures will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creatures will cease to exist.
- You can target a creature you own but don't control with Slip On the Ring.
- If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
- Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
- Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
- 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.
- 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.
- If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Premier Draft | 53.0% | -2.5 | +0.2 | 26564 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Sealed | 53.3% | -3.4 | -3.5 | 1342 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
40 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Restoration Angel + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Felidar Guardian + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Felidar Guardian + Preston, the Vanisher + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Preston, the Vanisher + Slip On the Ring + Wispweaver Angel
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Dualcaster Mage + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Mnemonic Wall + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Slip On the Ring + Wispweaver Angel
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Eternal Witness + Slip On the Ring
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Slip On the Ring
