Ring of Renewal
Artifact
, 
: Discard a card at random, then draw two cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Pro Tour Collector Set
- Price
- $0.85
- EDHREC rank
- #28657
Ring of Renewal costs five mana, equip two, and asks you to discard a card every upkeep just to draw one — that's a net-zero engine with a steep price tag attached. It's too slow and too costly for any Commander deck that has access to better draw, which is nearly all of them.
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 |
Ring of Renewal is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing meaningful play in none of them. In Commander, five mana for a loot-each-upkeep effect is well below the bar — Skullclamp, Idol of Oblivion, and even Mask of Memory all outclass it on efficiency. Legacy and Vintage have access to the most broken draw in the game, so Ring of Renewal never gets a second look. Oathbreaker's tighter resource constraints make the equip cost even harder to justify. Outside of a dedicated discard-matters build that somehow runs out of better options, this card doesn't have a home.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.85 bulk tier
At $0.85, Ring of Renewal sits at the high end of bulk — you're paying a small premium for a Reserved List card, not for competitive demand. The price is stable but not because the card is good; it's because supply is fixed and casual collectors occasionally want it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.