NFL Player Slammed For 'Low-Ball' $150K Offer For MTG's The One Ring

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An NFL player offered $150,000 for Magic: The Gathering's One Ring card, but players have pointed out that his offer is already well below others being made all around the world.

Cassius Marsh Sr., an outside linebacker with the Chicago Bears and CEO of Cash Cards Unlimited, released a TikTok video announcing his $150,000 offer. "We are putting a $150,000 bounty on The One Ring," he said. "If you secure the card, I will fly you out to California, show you a good time, and most of all, make sure you get paid."

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However, Cassius was soon accused of making a "low-ball" offer by multiple users on Twitter. After two days, Cassius returned to announce a new bounty will be offered next week.

Certain Magic cards have always been able to command a high price, either for rarity, in-game power, or both, but the secondary market is going wild over an upcoming card: The One Ring. For the first time in Magic history, the upcoming Lord of the Rings-themed expansion will feature serialized versions of The One Ring. While there will be thousands of One Rings for the humans, dwarves, and elves, and hundreds more foil versions, there will be only one One Ring to rule them all. This One Ring will have a serial number 001 of 001, special art, and of course, a foil treatment. It will be placed in one very lucky collector booster prior to the set being shipped out to stores.

We got to see the Serialized One Ring just a few days ago in a brief preview video. Fans noted that the card is already showing signs of pringling, a common defect with foil cards, leading some fans to call it "the Single Pringle."

However, this hasn’t seemed to dampen enthusiasm from