'My hands were literally shaking': Ultra-rare 'One Ring' game card found by Toronto collector
One trading card to rule them all has been found in Ontario.
The "One Ring" is a collectible, one-of-a-kind, card created for the table-top fantasy game Magic: The Gathering as part of a collection celebrating J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings series of novels.
The card, with its gold lettering printed in the Black Speech of Sauron — one of Tolkien's fictional languages — could fetch millions of dollars. Who pulled it is a mystery, which is a good indicator of just how rare the card is. The ring-bearer has chosen to remain anonymous to protect their precious possession.
But they are a retail worker who lives in Toronto, they said in a statement provided to CBC News through an agency they've hired to handle the once-in-a-lifetime sale.
The finder has already had offers of over a million dollars for the card.
And if I had happened to find it, I wouldn't have known that it was anything special, and probably would have given it away or lost it.