"Rings of Brighthearth" is a colorless artifact printed as a rare for the Magic the Gathering expansion set known as "Lorwyn." This is perhaps quite an interesting artifact to play for the most part. If you have cards with activated abilities, Rings of Brighthearth becomes invaluable to have. In this case, you may be able to get some use out of Rings of Brighthearth.

The converted mana cost for Rings of Brighthearth is three. You will need three mana of any color to play Rings of Brighthearth. For what Rings of Brighthearth can do, the converted mana cost seems to be well worth it. Keep in mind that Rings of Brighthearth is an artifact. It means that Rings of Brighthearth is susceptible to anything and everything that affects artifacts.

What does Rings of Brighthearth do in the first place?

When Rings of Brighthearth is on the battlefield, you can pay two colorless mana whenever you activate an ability. Keep in mind that it cannot be a mana ability. As long as the activated ability is not a mana ability, you can pay the two colorless mana. Doing so allows you to copy that ability. You may choose new targets for the copy.

In this respect, you can use this with plenty of other cards. One example would be combining this with "Horn of Greed." Horn of Greed lets a player draw a card whenever s/he plays a land. In this respect, you can pay two colorless mana to use Rings of Brighthearth to copy that ability. You can pick a new target for the copy as a result. In this respect, you draw two cards whenever you play a land card.

In an extended format, you can combine this with many of the "Zendikar" cards. There is this one interesting new ability called Landfall which activates whenever a land is played. One example would be using this with "Rampaging Baloths." It has a Landfall ability which lets you put a 4/4 green beast token onto the battlefield. You can play a land and activated the Landfall ability. With Rings of Brighthearth, you can pay two colorless mana and copy that ability for the time being. In this respect, you can put two 4/4 green beast tokens on the battlefield when you play a land.

Overall, Rings of Brighthearth does seem to be an interesting card for the most part. However, this is only useful in a deck with cards that have activated abilities.

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