One of the few repeatable colorless sources of Direct damage, however the cost is so great that it is unusable, save 8-Post and Urzatron decks, who wouldn't run it anyway...
stygimoloch
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(6 votes)
Even if you can filter arbitrary amounts of mana into it, it's too obvious an option to warrant inclusion by the kind of Johnnies who (most likely) would be the ones looking to do such a thing.
EDIT: Whoops, thought it was a Poly Artifact for some reason! Damn, then this is even worse than I thought!
TheSwarm
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(5 votes)
pretty awesome that early designers thought 4 damage was totally worth 16 mana. Now, 16 mana gets you a giant 15/15 flying annihilating death machine with protection from colored spells, take your pick.
Overcosted for what it does, though back in the day of casual play, I suspect this ring was reasonably dangerous in long games.
Paolino
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
It was bad even back those days. However, have you noticed that there is a face in the ring's embedded stone?
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This cards value slightly increased with Master Transmuter and March of the machines but even cutting the cost in half it's still pricey! I had fun in casual matches with it though. Of course we played a house rule where turn 1 you could play up to 8 lands so it was poss to play this turn 2, but likely around turn 4 or 5.
Also, any target? Really, printers? Any target? So I can do 8 damage to a Jihad or a Bazaar of Baghdad? How?
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Aladdin is eh pretty cool guy, he traps Spock in his ring and doesn't afraid of walls.
personsunknown
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Zetan Omni8000 is right, as tower of calamities can do damage to only creatures, whereas this can target players as well.
Zetan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@omni8000 There's no "almost" to it. If you're referring to the tap in the activation of Tower of Calamities, remember that back in the day, "Mono Artifact" meant that you tap it to activate it. So even with infinite mana, Tower of Calamities still does more damage than this card.
Edit: Ah, right, this can target players. Nevermind, then.
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EDIT: Whoops, thought it was a Poly Artifact for some reason! Damn, then this is even worse than I thought!
However, have you noticed that there is a face in the ring's embedded stone?
Also, any target? Really, printers? Any target? So I can do 8 damage to a Jihad or a Bazaar of Baghdad? How?
Omni8000 is right, as tower of calamities can do damage to only creatures, whereas this can target players as well.
Edit: Ah, right, this can target players. Nevermind, then.