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Ring of Valkas

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has haste. (It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature if it's red.
Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{2}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander Legends
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#4824
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Ring of Valkas card art
Ring of Valkas trades immediate power for incremental inevitability — each turn cycle it adds a +1/+1 counter to the equipped creature and grants haste, which is quietly backbreaking on commanders that care about accumulating counters or untapping repeatedly. The setup cost is real (one mana to equip on top of the initial cast), but in shells built around Obeka, Splitter of Seconds or Urza, Prince of Kroog that want a cheap equip with tangible upside, it earns its slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

70.7% of decks · synergy 0.68

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds runs Ring of Valkas because the haste grant lets Obeka attack the turn she lands, and the end-step counter trigger interacts cleanly with Obeka's ability to end the turn repeatedly — stack enough end steps and the equipped creature grows fast.

02
Ashling the Pilgrim

Ashling the Pilgrim

56.3% of decks · synergy 0.54

Ashling the Pilgrim wants Ring of Valkas for the haste, which lets Ashling activate immediately after hitting the battlefield, and the automatic counter each end step stacks directly on top of whatever Ashling has already accumulated toward her board-clearing threshold.

03
Wyleth, Soul of Steel

Wyleth, Soul of Steel

29.4% of decks · synergy 0.28

Wyleth, Soul of Steel draws a card for each piece of equipment and aura attached to it, so Ring of Valkas is simply another cantrip body — the haste and counter upside are bonuses on a card Wyleth was already happy to run for the card-draw trigger alone.

04
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

22.1% of decks · synergy 0.20

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame creates an attacking token for each equipment and aura on it at the start of combat, so Ring of Valkas contributes directly to the token count while haste ensures Valduk can threaten immediately without a setup turn.

05
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

15.7% of decks · synergy 0.14

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon generates gnome tokens whenever an attacking creature with counters deals combat damage, so the steady +1/+1 counter Ring of Valkas delivers each end step keeps Anim Pakal's attack triggers scaling as the game progresses.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ring of Valkas is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage the equipment is simply too slow — three mana to cast and one to equip is nowhere near competitive in formats where games end on turn one or two. Modern similarly has no interest in a three-mana equipment that doesn't immediately change the board state. Commander is where Ring of Valkas finds its audience: the incremental counter and reliable haste are worth more in a long multiplayer game, particularly in red-heavy creature decks that want to push through combat every turn.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Ring of Valkas is deep bulk — you'll find copies in almost any common box at your local game store for less than you'd spend on a sleeve. That price is stable; there's no scarcity driving it up, and no spike on the horizon, so buy the copy you need and don't think about it again.

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