Ring of Gix
Artifact
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
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: Tap target artifact, creature, or land.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.86
- EDHREC rank
- #27225
Ring of Gix taps any permanent your opponent controls — land, creature, planeswalker, anything — for three mana and a tap, which is one of the most flexible soft-lock tools available to artifact-heavy decks. The cost is real: three mana to cast, three to activate, and it's colorless, so you're paying for flexibility with raw efficiency.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Ring of Gix earns its slot — three opponents means three targets, and in stax or artifact-combo shells the ability to tap any permanent is a meaningful political and defensive tool. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially invisible; the formats move too fast for a three-mana artifact with a three-mana tap activation to compete with Wasteland, Force of Will, and fast combo. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer texture, so the same logic applies at a compressed power level where Ring of Gix can punch above its price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.86 bulk tier
At $0.86, Ring of Gix sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a bargain bin. It's a single printing with low reprint pressure, so the floor is stable, but demand is narrow enough that it's unlikely to climb without a high-profile stax deck pushing it into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.