Quick Verdict
Post Malone is a long-time Commander player. He bought the one-of-one serialized One Ring for a reported US$2 million in 2023, has two Secret Lair drops from November 2022, and has played Merieke Ri Berit and Chishiro on Game Knights.
TOP CARDS
The One Ring (001/001)
Most Expensive Magic Card Ever Sold - Serialized one-of-one
- ✓The only 001/001 serialized card, printed in the Black Speech of Sauron
- ✓Graded PSA 9 Mint
Post, Son of Rich (K'rrik Secret Lair)
Post Malone's face on K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
- ✓Features Post Malone's likeness
- ✓Legal wherever K'rrik is, including Commander and Modern
Post the Enchanter (Zur Secret Lair bonus card)
Rarest Post Malone Card - foil Secret Lair bonus card
- ✓A Zur the Enchanter with Post Malone art by Chase Stone
- ✓Foil only
In 2023, Post Malone bought the serialized 001/001 One Ring from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth for a reported US$2 million. It's the most expensive Magic: The Gathering card sale on record, and it put Magic collecting on news sites that had never covered the game.
The purchase wasn't a one-off stunt. Austin Post had been playing Commander on camera since 2021, and Wizards had already given him two Secret Lair drops in 2022.
This guide covers the One Ring sale, the Post Malone Secret Lair cards, the decks he has played on Game Knights, and the $100,000 match he lost to a fan.
The One Ring: A $2 Million Sale
When Wizards of the Coast announced The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth in 2023, it included a single 1:1 serialized traditional foil One Ring, printed in the Black Speech of Sauron using Tengwar letterforms. It could only be found in an English-language Collector Booster.
The Hunt and the Discovery
Brook Trafton, a player from Toronto, opened it. The card was graded PSA 9 Mint. For more on how grading affects value, see our MTG card valuation guide.
The Transaction That Made Headlines
Trafton posted a video of Post Malone looking over the graded card and saying, "Yeah, I'll take it." The agency representing Trafton, The Notable Group, put the price at US$2 million. News outlets including NPR and CBC covered the sale in 2023.
At US$2 million, the 001/001 One Ring is the most expensive Magic card ever sold.
Detailed Review: The One Ring (001/001)
The Card Itself:
- Serialization: The only 001/001 copy, printed in the Black Speech of Sauron using Tengwar letterforms
- Condition: Graded PSA 9 Mint
- Rarity: The set's top chase card. The same set also had serialized double rainbow foil Sol Rings: 300 Elven, 700 Dwarven and 900 Human
- Finish: Traditional foil
For Collectors:
The 001/001 is out of reach for almost everyone. The regular non-foil One Ring plays exactly the same and was about $116 on Scryfall in October 2026. For more on the set, see our Lord of the Rings MTG guide.
Post Malone's Official MTG Cards: The Secret Lair Drops
Before the One Ring, Post Malone already had his own cards. Wizards released two Secret Lair drops, Secret Lair x Post Malone: Backstage Pass and Secret Lair x Post Malone: The Lands, dated 28 November 2022 on Scryfall. Each cost $29.99 non-foil or $39.99 foil, and a bundle with both drops in foil and non-foil cost $108.99.
Secret Lair x Post Malone: Backstage Pass
Backstage Pass has four cards. Three are renamed for Post: Post, Son of Rich (K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth), Post's Citadel (Bolas's Citadel) and Post's Sigil (Leshrac's Sigil). The fourth is Jet Medallion.
Post, Son of Rich (K'rrik Secret Lair)
Post Malone's likeness on K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth, a mono-black Commander favorite
For each black mana symbol in a cost, you may pay 2 life instead. Has lifelink and grows whenever you cast a black spell.
Legal in Commander, Modern, Legacy and Vintage, like the original K'rrik.
Jet Medallion
Black spells you cast cost one generic mana less
A two-mana artifact first printed in Tempest.
Useful in any black Commander deck.
Post's Citadel (Bolas's Citadel)
Post's Sigil is Leshrac's Sigil from Ice Age: whenever an opponent casts a green spell, you may pay {B}{B} to look at their hand and make them discard a card you choose. It's a deep cut that rarely sees play, and about $2 on Scryfall in October 2026.
Post the Enchanter: The Zur Bonus Card
Post the Enchanter is a version of Zur the Enchanter with Post Malone art by Chase Stone. It wasn't sold in either drop. It's a foil-only Secret Lair bonus card, dated 28 November 2022 on Scryfall, and it was about $27 in October 2026.
Zur the Enchanter is a {1}{W}{U}{B} flyer. Whenever Zur attacks, you may search your library for an enchantment card with mana value 3 or less and put it onto the battlefield.
Secret Lair prices move a lot on the secondary market. The prices here are Scryfall's from October 2026. Check TCGplayer or Card Kingdom before you buy.
The Lands: Doodles From a Rockstar
The Lands has five basic lands: Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain and Forest. Each uses classic basic land art, with Post Malone's doodles added in the text box. Scryfall credits each one to the original artist and Post Malone together (for example, Swamp by Ron Spears & Post Malone). A foil Fabled Passage bonus card, credited to Warren Mahy & Post Malone, came out at the same time.
The lands cost about $7 to $14 each non-foil on Scryfall in October 2026, with the Swamp the most expensive. For more on how formats treat these cards, see our guide to MTG formats.
Market Impact and Collectibility
The Post Malone Secret Lair cards are mechanically identical to the originals, so they're legal wherever those cards are legal. The art is what you pay for. In October 2026, Post, Son of Rich was about $16 on Scryfall, while a regular K'rrik was about $1 to $2.
What Decks Does Post Malone Play?
Post has appeared twice on Game Knights, The Command Zone's Commander gameplay show, and played a high-stakes match on Whatnot. Those are the decks we can confirm.
Game Knights #1: Merieke Ri Berit (June 2021)
Post's first Game Knights episode was the Modern Horizons 2 episode in June 2021, with Josh Lee Kwai, Jimmy Wong and Ashlen Rose. He brought Merieke Ri Berit, built to abuse her ability to steal creatures.
Merieke Ri Berit is a {W}{U}{B} legendary creature. Her Oracle text:
- She doesn't untap during your untap step.
- {T}: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Merieke.
- When Merieke leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, destroy that creature. It can't be regenerated.
So untapping Merieke doesn't let you keep more creatures. It destroys the one she stole. Untap effects turn her into repeatable removal: steal a creature, untap her to destroy it, then tap her to steal the next one.
Game Knights #2: Chishiro, the Shattered Blade (February 2022)
Post returned for the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty episode in February 2022 with Chishiro, the Shattered Blade, a {2}{R}{G} commander. Whenever an Aura or Equipment you control enters, Chishiro makes a 2/2 red Spirit with menace, and at your end step it puts a +1/+1 counter on each modified creature you control. The deck loads creatures with Equipment, Auras and counters.
Equipment
Auras
+1/+1 Counters
The $100,000 Match on Whatnot (August 2022)
In August 2022, Post played a Commander match against a fan on the live-shopping platform Whatnot, with $100,000 for the fan if they won. The opponent, Whatnot user Kyle, practised for five days with Hall of Famer Reid Duke before the match.
Kyle won. He beat Post's Chishiro deck and took home the $100,000. The stream also featured The Command Zone and Tolarian Community College.
Post Malone's confirmed decks don't share one color. Merieke is Esper (white, blue, black) and Chishiro is Gruul (red, green). His Secret Lair cards lean black, but that was a card choice, not a deck we've seen him play.
Why Post Malone Matters for Magic
Post Malone is one of the most visible celebrity Magic players. He played on camera, lost money to a fan on stream, and bought the game's most famous chase card. That got Magic covered by outlets like NPR and CBC that rarely write about it.
We can't measure how much his involvement changed card prices or player numbers, and we haven't found reliable data on it, so we won't guess. What's clear is that his interest is real: he played Commander publicly in 2021, before either the Secret Lairs or the One Ring.
Card prices are volatile. Don't buy cards purely as investments. See our most valuable MTG cards guide for context on high-end card values.
Building Your Own "Posty-Inspired" Commander Deck
If you want to play something Post has played, start with his two Game Knights commanders. For general deck building help, see our deck building guide.
Merieke Ri Berit (Esper Theft and Removal)
Commander: Merieke Ri Berit
Key Cards:
- Thousand-Year Elixir - lets Merieke use her tap ability the turn she enters, and {1}, {T} untaps her to destroy the stolen creature
- Intruder Alarm - creatures don't untap during untap steps, and each creature entering untaps everything, including Merieke
- Opposition - tap your creatures to tap down opponents' permanents
- Counterspells and board wipes - protect your position and reset when behind
Strategy: Use Merieke as a removal engine. Steal a creature, use it while it's useful, then untap Merieke to destroy it and steal the next one. If Merieke leaves the battlefield, every creature she stole is destroyed, so protect her.
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade (Gruul Equipment and Auras)
Commander: Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Key Cards:
- Cheap Equipment and Auras - each one that enters makes a 2/2 menace Spirit
- +1/+1 counter effects - every countered creature is modified, so it grows at your end step
- Removal like Chaos Warp - red's catch-all answer
Strategy: Play a stream of cheap Equipment and Auras to make Spirit tokens, then grow your modified creatures each turn.
Post, Son of Rich (K'rrik, Mono-Black)
Post's face is on K'rrik, but we haven't seen him play a K'rrik deck, so treat this as a deck for fans of the card. K'rrik lets you pay 2 life instead of each {B} in a cost. Popular pieces:
- Bolas's Citadel (also in Backstage Pass) - cast spells off the top of your library for life
- Necropotence - pay life to draw cards
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel - drains each opponent and refills your life
- Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond - once an opponent loses life or you gain life, the two trigger each other in a loop that drains your opponents out
- Aetherflux Reservoir - gain life as you chain spells, then pay 50 life to deal 50 damage
Budget versions work fine. Build around the commander's core ability first and upgrade later. For precon starting points, see our Commander decks guide.
Post Malone's Magic story is simple: a real Commander player who got two Secret Lairs in 2022, bought the one-of-one One Ring for a reported US$2 million in 2023, and lost $100,000 to a fan in a match he set up himself.
If you want a piece of it, Post, Son of Rich and the Post Malone basic lands are the affordable options. The 001/001 One Ring is staying with Post.
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