Ringsight is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
The Ring tempts you. Search your library for a card that shares a color with a legendary creature you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Complete guide
Ringsight is a powerful blue and black sorcery that combines the flavor of Middle-earth with strategic deck searching. It rewards you for having a legendary presence on the battlefield by letting you find the perfect answer for your current situation. Because the Ring makes any creature legendary, this spell is more flexible than it first appears.
What it Does
Ringsight has two primary effects that happen in order. First, the Ring tempts you, which involves progressing your Ring emblem and choosing a Ring-bearer. Second, you search your library for a card that shares at least one color with a legendary creature you control. This card is then revealed and added to your hand.
How it Resolves Step by Step
When Ringsight resolves, you first perform the 'The Ring tempts you' action. If you don't have a Ring emblem, you get one; otherwise, it gains its next ability. You must then choose a creature you control to be your Ring-bearer. That creature becomes legendary. After this is completed, you look at your legendary creatures (including the new Ring-bearer) and search your library for a card that shares a color with any of them. Finally, you reveal the card, put it in your hand, and shuffle your library.
Common Mistakes
A frequent misunderstanding involves colorless creatures. Even if you control a colorless legendary creature, such as a legendary artifact creature, Ringsight will not allow you to search for a colorless card, as 'colorless' is not a color. Additionally, if you control no creatures at all after the Ring tempts you, you cannot search your library because you have no legendary creature to share a color with.
When to Play it
This spell is best utilized when you need a specific silver bullet or a combo piece. Since your Ring-bearer becomes legendary, you can turn a simple creature into a beacon that lets you tutor for any card of its colors. It is especially effective in decks that rely on specific gold cards or high-impact spells like Toxic Deluge.
Interaction examples
Ringsight
The Ring // The Ring Tempts YouIf you control a non-legendary blue creature and cast Ringsight, the Ring tempts you first. You choose that creature as your Ring-bearer, and it becomes legendary. Now, because you control a legendary blue creature, you can search your library for any blue card.
Toxic DelugeSuppose you control a legendary black creature. You cast Ringsight. During the search step, because your creature is black, you can search your library for the black sorcery Toxic Deluge, reveal it, and put it into your hand to prepare for a board clear.
Demonic TutorUnlike Demonic Tutor, which allows you to find any card without restriction, Ringsight requires you to have a legendary creature on the board and restricts your search to that creature's colors. However, Ringsight provides the additional benefit of progressing your Ring emblem, making your Ring-bearer harder to block and granting other combat bonuses.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Ringsight
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Ringsight won't let you search for a colorless card, even if you control a colorless legendary creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Your Ring-bearer is legendary, so you can search for a card that shares a color with the Ring-bearer that you chose as the Ring tempted you.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The Ring can tempt you even if you don't control a creature. In this case, abilities that trigger "whenever the Ring tempts you" will still trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
The Ring gains its abilities in order from top to bottom. Once it gains an ability, it has that ability for the rest of the game.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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