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    'Tales of Middle-earth' tempts and divides 'Magic' fans with 'LotR' crossover

    'Magic: the Gathering' partnered with fantasy's most iconic book series and inspired a bidding war over a special "The One Ring" card so fierce it'd make Gollum blush.
    by James Perkins Mastromarino Jun 20, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Veli Nyström

    The One Ring was in my grasp.

    I admired the card at DC's AwesomeCon, as I joined fellow nerds trying the latest The Lord of the Rings enterprise early — a crossover with the world's oldest trading card game, Magic: the Gathering.

    Greedily plucking "The One Ring" from the booster pack, I soon drafted a deck that combined food-loving Hobbits with villains like "Grima Wormtongue" and "Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant." The result was as effective at winning games as it was thematically jarring — a powerful remix with dissonant chords.

    But when really sings, you can forgive it for some disharmony. Though I doubt obsessives will embrace it as warmly as April's , it's shaping up to be the mainstream success Hasbro was betting on.

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