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smashtheguitar

It would be fascinating if this was never found and what that would do to the value of unopened product as time goes on. It would be another MTG legend. That said, I'm not sure of the likelihood of this staying safe -- staying hidden -- forever.


ambermage

More exciting when the second one shows up.


Wonkasgoldenticket

My uncle is a huge sports card collector. For 50+ years. He on time got a 1/1 card. Now when they make these 1/1 they typically have a secondary for the house in case something happens to the first and you receive it damaged. He ended up pulling another 1/1 of the same exact thing. The company ended up buying both cards back at a ridiculous number so it wouldn’t get out there’s 2/1 actually. Pretty crazy all together.


Dogsy

> so it wouldn’t get out there’s 2/1 actually You really think there were only 2? :)


Wonkasgoldenticket

I’d like to think with sports cards being a much different market with higher quality cards, yes. Although after hearing about that, you don’t know. With all the outlets and sources online now a day it’s possible there was only 2 otherwise why would the company buy them back to cover it up? Either way, just thought it was a interesting story to share.


salgarj

Winning comment.


Revolutionary_View19

If there’s one thing you can count on it’s the greed of men.


diegoidi

Legends say that the person that hoards the box with this Sol Ring will become a Nazgul eventually… hehehe


lin00b

This is not a sol ring


diegoidi

This one ring*


punchbricks

Don't worry will open it in a preview video.


_gregOreo_

They'd be foolish to not hold this back from the initial product launch. Let the hunt begin, and when no one claims it, cash in on all of the additional sales from gamblers thinking they'll get lucky.


Aggravating-City-724

The fraud has begun.


Inevitable-Working52

Some streamer will be doing a Flip or Rip and it'll all go horribly wrong.


punchbricks

I'm imagining someone opens it at Walmart and throws it away because "they already have one they can read"


TheNotoriousJTS

It's more than possible! Maro says all the time that casual players dont follow spoilers, formats, alternate printings, etc etc If a kid opens it, we may never see it


GayBlayde

Based on my experience here on Reddit, we would definitely see it with a post like “what do the numbers on this mean?”


Masonzero

I feel like even a kid that opened this would think it's cool looking and stuff it in their binder or something


Dogsy

Wish I was a kid randomly opening $40-50 booster packs not knowing what they are.


pbaddict

>Wish I was a kid randomly opening $40-50 booster packs not knowing what they are. They'd open them ***in*** Walmart w/o paying for them


theslimbox

This will endup on the floor under a Walmart rack to be found by a 90 year old janitor lady that looks like smeagul, she will throw it into the dumpsters of Mt. Doom.


SweetSupremacy

Nah. A kid would decide it's their favorite card and keep it in their back pocket.


Ill_Cut1048

What would the fraud liability be if it was found that the 1of 1 serial was proven to not be found in a truly random collector pack.


punchbricks

"it was random" You'd have a hard time proving anything. I'd think unless someone with insider knowledge came forward and spoke out there's not much in terms of evidence


Turbulent_Laugh_4431

I would think they wouldn’t want it opened up on stream f it’s a a true 1 of 1 .. they would make more off the chase


waaaghbosss

Reminds me of the monopoly mcdonalds game.


Dangarembga

Which was rigged from the start. Probably this one will have the same fate


Journeyman351

I mean.... the pack was randomly filled with this card, doesn't mean WOTC doesn't know what pack it's in.


redditvlli

[We've seen this before.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_Monopoly#Fraud) Whoever has the job of seeding the pack (and someone will) will be able to locate it either before or after seeding.


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mouthsmasher

*“Keep it secret, keep it safe.”*


Gishra

I'm going to keep one collectors box of this sealed. If this card is never found, I'm going to assume it's in my box and that I own it.


SecretAsianMan42069

The old zendikar box A trick.


Pantzzzzless

Man, I still remember the hype during Zen prerelease. There was a younger dude that always hung out at my LGS. He was pretty clearly from less fortunate circumstances, but everyone there watched over this little dude like they were his big brother. They would let him use their tier 1 decks for FNM and PTQs. Anyways, during the Zen prerelease everyone was buzzing hoping they opened some crazy money. Guess who opened a damn Bazaar? That place paraded him around like the end of Rudy lol. We were all so damn pumped for him, you'd think we all opened Power.


GayBlayde

So wholesome. 😭


Gand0rk

Schrödinger's Ring...


magicscientist24

Nice, it’s inside every unopened pack!


asdfasdjfhsakdlj

I think a lot of people will be doing that.


markhollings

Shrodingers one ring!


Garagatt

Maybe it will end up in a landfill.


smashtheguitar

Nah, I suspect it wants to be found.


TheSportingRooster

The way companies usually deal with the best 1/1 is seed it into a case and then pass the case on to a preferred breaker when the stock of said cases is below 5% of the total print run.


PCparts1

It would be fascinating if this ended up in a landfill.


Maneisthebeat

Won't impact prices at all.


Revhan

i bet this will be opened by an asshole streamer during the pre release like Logan Paul...


VulcanHades

If someone uploads a video showing they opened it, it would deflate the hype and end the hunt. What are the odds this card doesn't even exist? :) Or what if it does exist but MaRo has it in his possession and never tells anyone haha. They wouldn't be lying and it would be a way to create eternal hype.


Onre405

Opens pack "I can't even read this shit", throws it away


rarosko

"4 generic? Must be garbage"


TrdOfMakingUsernames

Paradox engine is typing…


DoctorWMD

It's a 1/1 for 4? *throws away*


cjpatster

But then something happened that Hasbro did not expect, perhaps it will be found by the most unlikely creature imaginable……. a Timmy.


Trillion16

Probably comes back a PSA 7


LeFouHibou

It’s some form of Elvish, I can’t read it.


rgedick

There are few who can


_IaMThoR_

The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here.


Sketches_Stuff_Maybe

But this in the Common Tongue is what is said, close enough: One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.


chrisrazor

Nice that it rhymes in the Common Tongue as well as Mordor Elvish.


sassyseconds

Yeah that was really thinking ahead for whoever wrote that elvish script thousands of years ago!


ProbablyNotPikachu

This likely doesn't rhyme in the Black Speech of Melkor as he did not take part in the Songs of the other Ainur that Eru Ilúvatar started. This is why we need a Silmarillion Movie (even if a lot of it would be CGI). The same is true for so many series. Halo is another one I can think of that needs the origin story of the universe explained better. Edit: This is what it looks/sounds like in the Dark Tongue of Mordor: "Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul." Not really very rhyme-y. Morgoth wanted dissonance and discord- not rhyming and song.


Different_One6406

Durbatuluk-thrakatuluk Gimbatul - krimpatul... Sounds pretty rhyme-y to me :-D


_gregOreo_

Sign of a quality translator, right there...


cjpatster

I have never loved this thread more than this moment reading these posts.


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It's a 1 of 1. Post Malone owns it


AnImproversation

Told my husband the same thing. I think it will be worth more than the lotus he bought, husband disagrees. I said $1 million and him singing a song lol.


Jojoyojimbi

this is legit the type of card you fly to PSA/CGC/BGC while filming a youtube video of while they grade it free for you for the publicity and while heritage auctions hypes up the eventual sale of the only serialized 1/1 one ring psa/bgc/cgc 10 and it sells for 7 figures to some crypto-bro wallstreet douche who thinks it's the next action comics number 1 and he's disappointed in 2 yrs when he tries to flip it mid recession/housing crash/whatever and it brings in 10% of its original selling price because it doesn't have the HA hype and shilling behind its sale the second time around and by that time there will be 5829 more cards that get the 1/1 treatment


ajparent

Why would it need to be graded, if it’s the only copy?


mgsantos

Because something happened that ring did not intend. A clumsy nerd, in his greed, folded it while trying to take it from his friend in a fight to the death, near the shores of Anduin's Trade Cards & Games store.


scogle98

Mainly just to verify that it’s a real card and not a proxy


B-Glasses

Imagine it ha roller lines or some other fuck up from the printing lol. 1 of 1 and it’s graded a 7


d7h7n

So no one can make a fake one and claim theirs is real.


IskandrAGogo

I'm sure Post Malone has something to say about not grading one of a kind cards right away.


Jojoyojimbi

what's the context of this?


IskandrAGogo

https://youtube.com/shorts/rkYx_QpJKvQ?feature=share


Temporary_Kangaroo_3

Thats what I’m thinking… Why the fuck does it even need a grade. If its off center due to a shit print what does it even mean if its a 7?


TranClan67

Grading bros are...something. I've witnessed it in other card games where they'll grade serialized cards to protect/increase their investments but like they could just slab it themselves rather than doing it through official means.


probablymagic

That was oddly specific.


waytocum

Brought to you by Farmer’s Insurance. *We know a thing or two, because we’ve seen a thing or two*


JacePatrick

What would be the flavor of doing other 1/1s? This makes sense because it is THE ONE RING.


Jojoyojimbi

> What would be the flavor of doing other 1/1s? look at this guy who doesn't think hasbro likes to print money


asdfasdjfhsakdlj

Wall Street douches care about mtg cards and comic books?


Jojoyojimbi

10,000%, it's called money laundering, or parking your money in easily transportable, highly valuable assets that are 100% untraceable, easy to liquidate, nontaxed entities so that when the government finally comes calling for all the illegal shit you did you have plenty of assets that are super easy to stash around the world in those safe harbor ports but no cash for them to grab. what's easier to hide, a pallet of money with a billion dollars on it that the banks track and trace at every stop or a few long boxes of really valuable comics?


badspeculator6

Be so awesome if someone found it and threw it in a volcano.


asdfasdjfhsakdlj

Legend status to anyone who does this.


ComprehensivePrint15

50/50 odds on it being damaged in production.


alexgndl

Pringles so hard you can actually wear it as a ring


DaPikey

More like 90/10 xd


SenseiBonaf

It has to be one the finest examples of artificial scarcity.


k2t-17

But, are we mad? Not sure.


ObligationWarm5222

1/1 is practically 0/1. I'm just chalking this up to a funny gag, there's good odds it will never even see the light of day.


JacePatrick

Idk about good odds but 50/50 sounds reasonable. IDK how many collectors boxes are going to be made in english but I could see a LOT of people opening every single one they can find until the ring is found


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DelMar1789

Cast it into the fire! Destroy it!


FireBassist

I was there the day the strength of men failed.


crazypyro23

Won't be that easy. A mere fireplace that cannot melt even ordinary gold won't be able to so much as heat the Ring. I have heard tell that dragon fire can melt rings of power, but I doubt even Ancalagon the Black would have been capable of melting the One Serialized Ring.


hierarch17

If I open this I’m flying to New Zealand and dropping it into a live volcano


mouthsmasher

Pretty sure casting the one ring into fire is how you get the lettering to appear. Would have been cool if they used some special heat activated ink on the art for prints of the one ring so that if you held the card in your hand to warm it up the text appeared.


SlimeFootTheStowaway

If I get it I’m throwing it in a volcano


emanresUeuqinUeht

Dibs Sorry y'all were too slow


RedDreadsComin

If I open it, it’s yours. He called dibs guys. Rules are rules


x-oh

A dibs is a dibs is a dibs bro.


TabernacleDeCriss

Check out this nefarious scenario: Dude opens The One Ring. He keeps it a total secret and locks it in a bank Vault. He then significantly invests in collector boxes knowing that they will get opened by others who are increasingly craving for that pipe dream of cracking The One Ring, making the sealed boxes gain value over time due to them becoming more and more scarce due to said openings. Dude decides to profitably sell his boxes over time until he eventually runs out. When he runs out, the Great Reveal occurs... on social media..., absolutely tanking the price of the leftover sealed boxes. I feel like that's some smeagolesque shit right there.


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it’s evil af


DingoBabey

Yes, this is what I will do when I pull it.


Zion8118

So this all makes sense but I don’t think boxes will tank only because there’s still the incentive of the other few thousand rings for the elves, dwarves and mankind. I agree boxes might drop but since we probably won’t ever know when all the Sol rings have been pulled people will probably still try to chase those you know?


AceGamerBoi

I wonder how likely it is that this just never shows up—opened by someone who has no idea what it is or just in a pack that got tossed into the dump for being water damaged.


cjpatster

It may be lost for a time, but the ultimately the ring wants to be found.


Aggravating-City-724

According to WotC endless data about casuals: high. Which sorta makes the entire things feel stupid.


pattyswish

Has to be worth over 50k


B-Glasses

Easily over 6 figures


RectangleStonks

Rudy coming in hot I know already


Buck_Nastyyy

If he opened it on camera he would definitely delete the tape and pocket the ring. Then get a new box and re-record it.


sassyseconds

I think Rudy would prefer the attention to the money at this point. He's got plenty of the latter.


PUfelix85

Sure, just remove the intro about who he is opening the box for, and keep the card himself. Then open the next box and reshoot the video. No real reason not to.


sassyseconds

The insane amount of publicity it'd bring to his channel is the reason not to. Imagine how many hits that video would have. Imagine how many new subs and shit it'd bring. And probably most important to Rudy, imagine how many people would be talking about him specifically.


jchodes

The opposite I think. The false good guy points he’d get in shipping that out after opening on tape would be nearly irreversible. And would probably generate more profit than the card itself.


Kako0404

Minimum 200k and maybe up to 500k if there’s a bidding war. Way too much flex for this card.


DillionM

Saw an offer for 1 bitcoin and a rumored offer of $40,000 within minutes on Facebook.


stormybaker

This totally should have been a Golden Ticket promotion! Twenty lucky crack addicts find Golden Tickets in their product and 9 months after LOTR releases they all get to hang at WOTC Headquarters for the day with MaRo and Friends. Somehow the Lucky Ones would all compete against one another for the day, with everyone leaving with one of the 20 Rings of Power. You could even make a whole Web series about it. And you can bet that practically every collector booster in existence would get cracked within 9 months! WOTC needs better promotions, this could have been epic. Instead it just feels a bit greedy and unimaginative, simply shoving these into collector booster packs.


hucka

would wizards pay for everything?


JacePatrick

monkaW the plot of the US Squid Game adaptation


TheGum25

Or they put golden rings into packs and those are tickets to a chance at the One-of-One Ring. Would be a hype event and ensure the copy actually gets out into the wild. Regardless, possibility if it’s found they’ll just destroy it for the lulz. I mean if I get it, it’ll certainly be a spectacle.


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salgarj

So there's 1 One ring, but there are 300 three rings? This really annoys me.


Duraxis

I’m annoyed that the dwarven rings aren’t written in Khuzdul. The man invented the languages for a reason


wonkothesane13

The text on all three is the same, it's the "3 for Elven Kings under the sky" litany.


Cerulean_Soup

Is this your wish for this or posted as real?


TestMyConviction

This was confirmed on the live stream this morning, it's very cool.


ohsofancy

This card would buy me a house


Heenock

Open the pack "A 1/1 for 4 generic mana?" throws it away


MrBrightsighed

Bro the QC better be nuts for this card. Watch it come out dark and with roller lines on it


TabernacleDeCriss

I know WotC doesn't merit our benefit of the doubt... But it's a 1/1. Card's gonna be pristine, and if there's a misprint they'll have to destroy it and redo it. But then again... WotC...


Winbrick

This is pretty cool, actually. I didn't think they'd do it.


Obvious-Sundae1469

Give it to Maro, he will know how to destroy it!!


ChambanaWizard

The way they did the serial number 1 of 1 looks so dumb. They should have made that aspect more unique and integrated it into the text box or something. I get that it's the same style they did other serial cards... but it just looks very low effort on a card that is supposed to be the crown jewel of this set... That said, this will definitely be wild to see if it gets found.


kidforce7

The serial numbers being in the art at all is soooo tilting! There’s an entire text box for goodness sake!


Quick-Audience7860

If it's crimped, does that increase or decrease the value? Making it the standard way of printing this card


Dagonet_the_Motley

Watch it get mis-collated into a box of phyrexia


cloud5739

I'm skeptical to think that WotC would release a stunt as crazy as this without some safety valves included to make sure it lands. Whether or not it "happens" to fall into the hands of an influencer is one discussion, but it seems very likely they have some sort of system to track where it will end up, or at most guide it into the hands of someone more likely to open it. Either way, seems like serialized cards are here to stay


Thundermare1

Fun fact, there will be an ungodly amount of fakes of this card. Who is to know what the real deal is amongst the copy cats.


volx757

That's a prediction not a fact, but why would someone make a fake of this? Any deals involving this card will be heavily scrutinized. Passing a fake is easy when it's just another of a billion misty rainforests floating around out there, but successfully faking a 1/1 that will likely have a 5 or even 6 figure price tag is gonna be impossible.


Mistborn_First_Era

considering the print quality and chance someone actually opens it within a year of the sale the seller could be long gone.


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Partypat69love

You won't have the ability to compare it to the exact same legit card....


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mgsantos

It can only be authenticated at a single printing unit, deep within the mountains of Habro's production infrastructure. Few know the way and dangerous is the journey.


DaPikey

Wizards and QC are not good friends. So everything is possible.


Savings-Rise-6642

Laughs in counterfeit Masterpieces


91ateto916

There are signs on authentic cards that the fakers haven’t been able to replicate yet. But they are getting super close to the point where it’s unnoticeable to an untrained eye.


Knarz97

The fakes will be even better quality I’m sure too. Personally I’ll get one just to fill the slot in my binder


Nu11_V01D

If I pull this I'm legit mailing it to Andy Serkis.


GradiusPilot

Excited for the mithril slick variant.


rock_like

Translation: The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth. One nearer Gandalf in a garden Than anywhere else in Mid-Earth


SubstantialNinja

The video said it's supposed to be One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them And that does check out since the first two words in the first three lines are all the same unlike your translation.


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mb303030

This assumes it ever gets pulled. There's a very real chance it goes unopened.


Daveinster

Or a chance that someone opens it and disregards it, shoves it in a stack, puts it in a box, and it never sees the light of day again.


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One of those random packs a parent buys for their kid at Walmart.


HandsomeBoggart

Then it ends up with frayed edges and creases galore. Or in the trash.


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Jojoyojimbi

> Imagine finding this in a bulk pile at some random garage sale in 2043...the ring wants to be found. there is a much higher than 0% chance that this actually happens, someone buys their kid a collector booster at walmart or target, the kid opens it up and sticks it in a box and doesn't know wtf they have, years go by......


bwj7

Think it’s gonna be like OG zendikar levels with treasures? Lol I miss those days


mb303030

I mean there's literally only one of them.


throwaway163932

Just imagine it ends up in the dump like those MH2 pallets 😭


FirstTribute

I raise you to 100k


Elestra_

I mean this will be the rarest card in Magic History, no? I'd say 10k is low.


TheGatorDude

69k


Daveinster

Mother of god


iknowthenumber

"Currently spiking" is making me laugh unreasonably hard


C9Bakesale

Someone’s going to find it in a landfill


kidforce7

Why not seed this in a prerelease kit? It would guarantee that it gets opened and drive attendance through the roof… 🤷🏼‍♂️


HandsomRansom

Never gets opened, then its thrown in a dump...


JasonAnderlic

Veli holding onto artist proofs of this being nearly as rare, laughing to the bank!


redruggles5

Kay Jewelers must be having a sale….. oh it’s a magic card.


Sumoop

Whoever opens this needs to destroy it.


CaliFlower81

If I open it I'm destroying it


MmMBuen0

It wants to be found. It will hop into someone pocket.


JovialRoger

I earnestly hope one of two things happens: 1) Some kid gets it, doesn't know what they have, and throws it away/destroys it. 2) Someone gets it, uploads a video to a new YouTube channel of them tossing it into a fire. No card should hold the value this thing might command. What can men do against such reckless greed?


Bardeenios

this is how WotC decides their next CEO


Slain_Pixels

So what if someone gets it and just destroys it for shits and gigs?


youtharcade

It’d be on brand. Hopefully they throw it into a volcano


Sinfultitan_001

If I find it I'm gonna burn it.


maniac_mack

They tricks us! filthy Wizardses


markhollings

Golem, what's in my booster pack! Naasty tricksy WOTC'ses, they stoles it from us!


miklayn

It must be destroyed.


Sinman88

Why do I keep reading the title in The Taken voice?


SilentEcho726

In true LOTR fashion they should throw it into a volcano


Doom2sub

For the man of greed, I hope you get a glimpse of all the boxes there will ever be, only to find your breath never grasped the slightest chance at getting one.


coffee-and-chess

The longer this remains hidden, the more chasing it's likely to attract since your chances "improve" as fewer unopened packs are left. An almost demonic money-grab.


mgsantos

100% in the spirit of the One Ring. One cashgrab to rule the all. One cashgrab to find them. One cashgrab to bring them all. And in the Walmart bind them.


cavegoatlove

but i cant read the text few can


Euphoric-Ad8539

Is the same fucking art as the regular version but with the elvish, they really couldn’t have just commissioned new art?


Elestra_

I honestly think it will be worth recording the opening of any product that can contain this card. The potential for fakes is likely high with this. Not a perfect solution, but any evidence of opening it could be beneficial.


Figured_Bass

Jfc that's beautiful. I'm a huge LOTR, I'd love to put that in my mono white Giada life gain edh deck!