It turns life directly into mana, and that exchange has broken formats before
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Sol Ring is a one mana Artifact that you can tap to make two colorless mana
a 4-mana flash Man-o'-War does good work, and playing this at sorcery speed is fine as well
Rather than play actual mana acceleration, the deck uses consistency tools, cantrip artifacts and Ancient Stirrings to find its lands
Much like its literary counterpart, you cannot wield it, The One Ring answers to Sauron alone