Post Malone drops $4.5m on LOTR trading card

The Sunflower rapper is now the proud owner of an extremely rare Lord of the Rings-themed card – but it came with an eye-watering price tag.

Post Malone has spent a whole lot of money on a collectors' card, buying it off a fellow fan. Picture: TikTok

Post Malone has been revealed as the proud new owner of the highly-coveted One Ring … card, that is.

The rapper – and apparently huge Lord of the Rings fan – dropped a whopping $4.57 million ($USD2 million) on a special and extremely rare Magic: The Gathering trading card featuring themes from Middle-earth.

(If you’re not across it – Magic: The Gathering is a tabletop and digital collectable card game, and has been described by Forbes as the most complex real-world one in existence).

The one-of-one serialised One Ring foil print card, printed in the Black Speech of Sauron, was released earlier this year, sending fans into an absolute frenzy.

That card cost... a lot of money. Picture: TikTok

It eventually made its way into the hands of Toronto retail worker Brock Trafton – who opted to remain anonymous at the time but quickly retained a lawyer and PR team to help him manage ownership of the highly-valuable item.

“I find it was even crazier than the lottery,” he told the BBC. “I wanted to tell everyone, but I couldn’t. I had to keep it a secret. I didn’t even tell my dad.”

About a month later, and with several other offers on the table, Trafton was at his retail job when his PR called and told him: “You’re going to meet Post Malone, he wants to meet you, and take some pictures with the card.”

The Sunflower rapper is well-known for his love of M: TG – and Trafton said the meet-and-greet turned into an “unexpected” sale after Malone asked him what the current bid price was before offering to buy it.

“It wasn’t a plan to sell it to him, I wanted to show it to him because I knew he would appreciate it as much as I did,” Trafton told The Blast.

Trafton documented the life-changing meet-up and shared it on TikTok.

“Yeah, I’ll take it,” the rapper can be heard telling him in the video. “This is so cool. This is, like, the greatest sh** ever, dude.”

Trafton described the moment as “life-changing”. Picture: TikTok

Trafton shared more details in the caption for the video.

“When I found the One Ring, the first person who came to mind was @Post Malone,” he wrote.

“I have played MTG since I was a kid and obviously it would be amazing to keep this card. “But for a guy like me, being able to sell it is life-changing. I just really hoped it would go to someone who would appreciate it as much as I do.

“This is my dream come true, meeting Post Malone and him buying the One Ring card from me is literally a moment straight out of a fairytale. Post Malone @Magic: The Gathering you have changed my life. Things like this don’t happen to people like me, I guess it’s magic. I am forever grateful.”

Malone’s love of Magic: The Gathering is well-documented: last year, he revealed on The Howard Stern Show that he’d spent $1.2 million (USD$800,000) on another extremely rare and sought-after collectable – the Black Lotus card.

He also recently collaborated with the company on a series of cards inspired by his music for their “Secret Lair” drop program.

Now that Malone’s building up his very expensive collection, it’s presumed he knows to “keep it secret … keep it safe” (sorry).