"These are all STRICTLY worse than Sol Ring."
Incorrect use of "strictly worse". Some of the cards you listed produce colored mana, Darksteel Ingot is also indestructable, Mind Stone and Prophetic Prism cantrip, and Everflowing Chalice has charge counters to play around with. While Sol Ring is of course a better card in general, it's not a case of one card being strictly better or worse than the other.
Posted By:
scumbling1
(4/15/2011 8:05:03 AM)
Wonderful yet horribly broken card.
Even playing with one copy per deck this thing is off the charts.
Posted By:
donjohnson
(7/12/2010 3:24:47 PM)
I always loved this card, lucky enough to still have one or two. Generic, but incredibly useful and pretty awesome if it comes out in the early game.
4.5/5
Posted By:
Gaussgoat
(2/16/2010 11:27:47 AM)
I'd actually agree, if someone would ask me what I consider the 10th piece of power, I would say Sol Ring in a heartbeat. It's the only card outside of the classic power 9 that's in EVERY T1 deck, including mine.
Posted By:
Kartakass
(3/19/2010 2:56:54 PM)
The best card outside of the power nine. Virtually every deck gets one of these.
Posted By:
kowrip
(11/3/2009 9:52:18 AM)
Rated higher than the moxes, with good reason.
Posted By:
AlphaNumerical
(8/31/2009 11:21:18 AM)
I was the only kid in the neighborhood who had one of these. Chicks dug me.
If anyone doubts its unimaginable usefulness, just remember these five words: four mana on turn two. With a perfect hand you could have 11 mana available on turn three. Power 10 baby.
Posted By:
Laguz
(8/9/2009 5:19:05 PM)
For sheer usefullness, this is the power 10th.
Posted By:
Samot
(4/16/2009 3:18:47 AM)
I'm sentimental about the days when I played with four of these... =( I used to be happy to bring out two Sol Rings and an Onulet or Yotian Soldier on the 1st turn.
Posted By:
iondragonx
(8/17/2009 9:06:38 AM)
A deceptively powerful card. In many decks this is even better than the moxes.
Posted By:
WotC_Scott
(4/16/2009 3:31:45 PM)