Ring of the Lucii

Legendary Artifact

{T}: Add {C}{C}.
{2}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Tap target nonland permanent.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Final Fantasy
Price
$0.31
EDHREC rank
#5178
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Ring of the Lucii card art
Ring of the Lucii puts a repeatable exile engine on the table — cast it, pay mana, exile a nonland permanent or deal damage to a player, all at instant speed. The cost is real: you need The Emperor of Palamecia or another legendary creature as your ring-bearer to unlock the activated abilities, so the card does nothing in a vacuum.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

The Emperor of Palamecia

49.4% of decks · synergy 0.47

The Emperor of Palamecia is the canonical home — he's a legendary creature who wants to be on the battlefield anyway, so equipping Ring of the Lucii costs nothing in terms of deck construction overhead and immediately turns his controller into a removal engine.

02

Ashling, Rekindled

46.3% of decks · synergy 0.44

Ashling, Rekindled is legendary, so Ring of the Lucii slots in cleanly, and the exile-permanents mode pairs naturally with a commander who already wants to interact aggressively at instant speed.

03
Noctis, Prince of Lucis

Noctis, Prince of Lucis

13.8% of decks · synergy 0.13

Noctis, Prince of Lucis is flavored directly from the same Final Fantasy XV universe as Ring of the Lucii, and as a legendary creature he activates the ring's abilities the moment he connects with the Equipment — the thematic fit is as strong as the mechanical one.

04
Noctis, Heir Apparent

Noctis, Heir Apparent

12.6% of decks · synergy 0.12

Noctis, Heir Apparent similarly unlocks Ring of the Lucii on sight, and a deck built around him will naturally slot the ring in as both a flavor piece and a removal tool that scales with the mana available each turn.

05
Ultima, Origin of Oblivion

Ultima, Origin of Oblivion

15.1% of decks · synergy 0.08

Ultima, Origin of Oblivion is legendary and often occupies a shell that values repeatable interaction, so Ring of the Lucii adds a mana sink that converts excess resources into exile-based removal without competing for spell slots.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Ring of the Lucii is legal across every major constructed format except Pauper, but Commander is the only place it has a real argument. In Commander, legendary creatures are structural — your commander is always one, so the ring's restriction is nearly always satisfied, and repeatable instant-speed exile of nonland permanents is the kind of effect that compounds over a long multiplayer game. In 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, the legendary requirement is a meaningful tax: you need a specific creature type in play before the ring does anything, and four-mana Equipment that requires setup is a liability against faster linear decks. Standard legality may change that calculus slightly if the Final Fantasy set's legendary density is high enough to support it, but for now Ring of the Lucii belongs firmly in the Command Zone.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.31 bulk tier

At $0.31, Ring of the Lucii is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or a singleton without any budget consideration. Bulk rares with narrow legendary-creature restrictions rarely climb unless a breakout Commander deck drags them up, so treat this as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.