and even so much of its history is known only to a few." Gandalf (Shadow of the Past) The Lord of the Rings follows Frodo's journey to Mount Doom with Sauron's Ring, and we wanted to pay tribute to the Ring by creating a one-of-one unique Magic card
Illusionist's Bracers will trigger, copying that untap ability, and you can use the copy to untap a tapped mana source instead
Not to be left out, black's Obsessive Pursuit trades quest counters for clue tokens and is a solid card in it's own right
Kindred Dominance is the first of these, and it costs seven mana for a Black Sorcery spell
The Ring also tempts you, but it's a mechanic that, in my opinion, does not do much in a multiplayer game
Level 3 judge Eric Levine also shared with me his own thoughts on the counterfeits from the perspective of an active judge and longtime player