Summary

• Tolkien's high-fantasy world compliments Magic's universe seamlessly, capturing the essence of Middle-earth effortlessly.
• The value of Lord of the Rings cards remains significant, especially for unique cards like Mithril Coat and Mount Doom.
• The demand for specific cards like Palantir of Orthanc and Sauron, the Dark Lord, drives their prices up in the secondary market.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Magic: The Gathering has held several crossovers with multiple franchises thanks to Universes Beyond, but none seem to capture the flavor of the setting as easily as Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. That's likely due to Tolkien's high-fantasy world being so similar that one could imagine Middle-earth as just another of Magic's many planes.

But with so many fans of both Magic and Lord of the Rings, the value of these particular cards seems to have some staying power. That and there's one particular card that's so unique that it's value is almost guaranteed to increase over time. Let's look at ten of these cards and see how expensive they remain.

These prices are based on pre-release information and are subject to change after the set’s official release date. Price info is gathered from .

Updated June 5, 2023, by Sean Murray: It's been a while since the release of Tales of Middle-earth, and in that time we've seen the value of many of these Lord of the Rings cards change wildly thanks to the constant fluctuations of Magic's secondary market. We've refreshed this list with updated card values and replaced several entries that have fallen out of the top 10.

10 🌱ꦯ Mithril Coat

Keep your commander safe.

A combat trick that saves your commander as well as keeps them safe from removal and combat pretty much indefinitely. If your opponent doesn't have an enchantment or some other non-destructive effect to neutralize your newly-armored critter, then Mithril Coat makes your commander invincible.

That sort of power is tough to argue with, which is why Mithril Coat has become almost a must-have card for commander decks. Unless you're working with a budget since even the regular, non-foil version of this card goes for well over $10. The showcase scrolls version is over $15.

9 𒈔 Mount Doom

A scar upon the land.

For the low price of a single legendary artifact and this legendary land, you can blow up the board save for two creatures. Those two creatures don't have to both belong to you and your opponent—they can just be yours. So it's a one-sided board wipe that leaves you in the perfect position to win the game.

The only problem with Mount Doom is it costs life to make mana, so you don't really want to draw it early. That hasn't stopped its popularity in Commander from driving the price of the surge foil up to $16.

8 🍌 Last March of the Ents ꧒

Go big and go home.

A newcomer to the list, Last March of the Ents has become a popular choice for green Commander decks that like to go big. All you need is a creature with a lot of toughness to suddenly hav𝔉e a full hand and potentially an army of monsters.

Perhaps because this card has become popular in Magic's more casual format explains why the value of this card tends to remain flat among its various versions. Even the standard, non-foil version is priced at nearly $15.

7 Pal👍antir of Orthanc

A surprise Legacy sideboarder.

Much of the long-term value of Magic cards comes from being played in Magic's long-term formats. Usually, that means Commander, but sometimes it can mean being played in Magic's eternal formats: Legacy and Vintage.

Palantir of Orthanc has found its way into several Legacy decks as a sideboard card that isn't easily answered by the current meta. Even though there's rarely more than a single Palatir in any given sideboard, Legacy is such an expensive format that Legacy players are willing to pay a lot for a fancy Palantir. The fanciest Palantir is the showcase scrolls version, which goes for just over $18🐟, but even the regular versions are typically over $ღ10.00.

6 Nazgul

Nine ways to get tempted.

The interesting thing about Nazgul is that you can have nine of them, which in a commander deck, actually provides you with better odds than running the usual four cards in a standard 60-card Magic deck. That makes you more likely to be tempted by The Ring😼, which makes for a very effective Commander buff.

There are nine different Nazguls out there, and each one also has a Showcase Scroll version which is typically priced at around $10. For some reason, this particular Showcase Scroll Nazgul is priced at $23.81. Your guess is as good as anyone's as to why that is.

5 Sauron, the Lidless Eye ꦑ

A villain that wins.

Commander can be blamed for yet another new entry to Tales of Middle-earth's top ten priciest cards. Sauron is the classic villain who loves to turn the tables on his opponents. He can show up, steal a big creature, and use it to win the game, or he can just be the last part of a mana combo that causes everyone else to lose infinite life. If either of those fails, he can simply come to lead an army of orcs to victory.

However you utilize this big baddie, you'll have to pay out $24 for the extended art version, but you can get the regular version f𒅌or around two bucks.

4 Aragorn ཧand Arwen, Weဣd

The perfect match.

Life gain? Tokens? Two very attractive people in the throes of matrimony? What's not to love about Aragorn and Arwen, Wed? This deck fits into a lot of strategies, but the most frequent option is white-green token decks. Although typically not the commander, Aragorn and Arwen make a great addition to any creature-based deck of the appropriate colors.

They've also got a great extended art version that'll cost you close to $16.

3 Sauron, the Dark Lord ♏ ♓

Someone get this guy some eye drops.

In most Magic games, opponents tend to cast spells. Whenever they do, Sauron gets Orcs. In just a turn or two, ℱyou can have an entire army of Orcs do your bidding. And then when that Army deals combat damage, the Ring tempts you, and when that happens, you can discard your hand to draw four cards.

On his own, Sauron will deliver games to players. All he needs is a legendary artifact or creature to sacrifice in defense. And because of this, he's popular in Commander. You can grab regular versions of this villain for four dollars, but the showcase surge foil version is upwards of $26.

2 Orcish Bowmasters 𓆉

Still wondering if they should be banned in Commander...

Even before Tales of Middle-earth's release, people suspected Orcish Bowmasters would be the bomb of the set, and they were mostly right. The Bowmasters immediately found their way into Modern, Legacy, and even some Vintage deck archetypes, and sparked an ongoing debate about whether they should be banned in൩ Commander.

Good in almost any deck with even a hint of black mana, Orcish Bowmasters has almost doubled its pre-release price with the Showcase Scroll version asking for nearly $50.

1 🍸 The One Ring

One ring to rule them all. And especially Post Malone.

Like Orcish Bowmasters, The One Ring has found its way into Modern, Legacy, and Vintage decks, but that's not why this card is so expensive. Wizards of the Coast decided to print a limited run of serialized One Rings, and one of them was entirely unique. This "One Ring to rule them all" was eventually found by a very lucky individual who 168澳洲幸运5♑开奖网:sold it to Post Malone for $2.6 million. This 𝓀easily makes it the𓄧 most expensive Magic card ever printed.

Of course, you'd have to find a regular version without the Elven script to know what it even does. Those cards range in price, but even totally unserialized versions are around $50.