Magic: The Gathering's one-of-a-kind "The One Ring" has reportedly been pulled with the card quickly being graded by premiere TCG grading company PSA. Wizards of the Coast stunned players earlier this year when the trading card game juggernaut revealed the upcoming Lord of the Rings collaboration would include an exclusive one-of-a-kind card. The One Ring has already fetched massive offers from collectors before its discovery with some willing to pay upwards of $2 million for the card. Now, the hunt is reportedly over as one collector claims to have found the card.
The frenzy over the highly sought-after Magic: The Gathering card has brought plenty of members of both the streaming community and celebrities into the mix. Popular streamer xQc spent over $9,000 on booster boxes of the Lord of the Rings set in an attempt to secure the one-of-a-kind trading card. The hunt for the card has even seen professional athletes like the Chicago Bears' Cassius March Sr. join in the fray for the valuable card. Now, The One Ring has reportedly been found and already received a high grade from PSA.
Both PSA and card shop Dave & Adam's would report the discovery of The One Ring with the card shop apparently in possession of the card. PSA would upload an image of the graded card to its official Twitter account, confirming that the card had received a grade of "Mint 9." Dave & Adam's would confirm their possession of the Lord of the Rings card with a screenshot showing official feedback from the grading agency on the card's status. According to Wizards of the Coast, the card was only going to be found in English-language booster packs.
While Dave & Adam's has not made their intentions for the card clear yet, the lead-up to the card's discovery has shown fans are willing to pay significant sums for the card. Fans were already starting to submit high-ticket bids for The One Ring as early as March of this year, with the first bids placing the card at $100,000. The number has since skyrocketed with the most recent bids coming from Spanish gaming store Gremio de Dregones, who offered a staggering $2.18 million for The One Ring.
Magic: The Gathering's one-of-a-kind card comes as the most recent in a series of high-profile cards surfacing this year. The game's iconic Black Lotus would see multiple records broken for the card game with one selling at auction in March for $615,000. Major competitor Yu-Gi-Oh would also see a one-of-a-kind card surface with the Make-A-Wish promotional card "Tyler the Great Warrior" selling at auction for over $300,000 earlier this year. It remains to be seen whether Dave & Adam's will sell the card and, if they do, how high the price will go.
Source: TheGamer