the ring tempts you cards mtg Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth™ Mechanics any damage inflicted by Frodo on an opponent will result in their instant defeat MTG The Ring tempts you

You can alternatively save it for your opponents turn, to fuel countermagic and the like

For many lifelong Magic players, Booster Draft is the endgame

Targeting something like Stuffy Doll, or even Nin when you had artifacts such as Grim Monolith or Sol Ring allowed you to draw an enormous number of cards in one shot

Effectively a Snow Tribal Lord and a Zombie Tribal Lord rolled into one, he gives other snow Creatures and Zombies you control +1/+1

Id absolutely play as many copies of Mental Modulation as I could find in that deck, and its a defensible pick for other decks too

Foils were introduced in Urzas Legacy and 7th Edition , so all the sets before those lack a foil/nonfoil entry