The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set contains 281 regular Modern-legal Magic: The Gathering cards and up to 451 through variants, has players chasing serialized Sol Ring variants and a one-of-one The One Ring.
Wizards of the Coast changed the Universes Beyond releases with a complete set of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR). Legal to play in Commander, Vintage, Legacy, and Modern formats, the set was designed to include Limited Draft and Sealed play. Also included in the Universes Beyond MTG set were 30 reprints offered as Box-Toppers with a Commander symbol on the card, followed by the Holiday release in November.
So, here are the MTG Lord of the Rings’s most expensive card prices.
Holiday bundles, Scene boxes, and Special Edition collector boosters
A second printing of LTR dropped in November, containing four new Scene holiday bundles, along with special edition collector booster packs. Chase cards from the Holiday LTR Special Edition collector boosters were borderless poster variants like The One Ring, valued at over $100.
The One Ring borderless poster
Following the release of the Holiday LTR products, the normal variant of The One Ring borderless poster was valued at around $125. Foil versions of the variant were priced at around $225.
Serialized Sol Ring LTR cards
Serialized Sol Ring cards for the LTR set were only in collector booster packs. And the one-of-one The One Ring was available through English collector booster packs from the LTR Bundle and collector booster boxes, not the gift bundle. On June 30, The One Ring was confirmed to have been found and eventually sold to Post Malone on Aug. 2.
According to Wizards of the Coast, here’s the breakdown of every serialized and non-serialized Sol Ring variant in the LTR set.
- 300 Serialized double rainbow foil Sol Ring (Elven): Priced around $5,000 in near-mint condition.
- 700 Serialized double rainbow foil Sol Ring (Dwarven): Priced at around $1,700 in near-mint condition.
- 900 Serialized double rainbow foil Sol Ring (Human): Priced at around $1,600 in near-mint condition.
- 3,000 Non-foil Sol Ring (Elven): Priced around $700 in near-mint condition.
- 7,000 Non-foil Sol Ring (Dwarven): Priced around $175 in near-mint condition.
- 9,000 Non-foil Sol Ring (Human): Priced around $150 in near-mint condition.
Most expensive MTG Tales of Middle-earth cards
Driving hype for the LTR set were the serialized variants of the Sol Ring and the one-of-one serialized The One Ring. Variants within the Universes Beyond set were a Showcase Ring treatment in foil and non-foil, borderless scene cards, extended art, and borderless cards. But the best chase cards outside of serialized cards were surge foil MTG reprints.
All projected prices are subject to change throughout the digital and global release of the LTR set and are based on preorder prices from TCGPlayer, MTGGoldfish, and MTGStocks.
The One Ring MTG price
The One Ring is among the highest-priced LTR cards on the secondary market. Variants of the card include a one-of-one serialized double rainbow treatment, extended art, and a regular version. The Legendary Artifact is most often played in the Modern and Commander formats.
- The One Ring serialized: $2 million-plus, purchased by Post Malone
- The One Ring prerelease foil: Around $135
- The One Ring borderless foil: Around $40
- The One Ring extended foil: Around $760
- The One Ring extended non-foil: Around $65
- Borderless poster foil: Around $225
- Borderless poster non-foil: Around $125
- Showcase Scrolls foil: Around $230
- Showcase Scrolls non-foil: Around $90
- The One Ring foil: Around $70
- The One Ring normal: Around $57
Orcish Bowmasters MTG price
Impacting the cEDH and Modern formats is Orcish Bowmasters. The archer uses the Amass mechanic to create a giant orc army against opponents who draw multiple cards each turn while also dealing damage to any target. Prices for Orcish Bowmasters skyrocketed during LTR prerelease and are still rising at the time of writing. Orcish Bowmasters is also played in other MTG formats, like Legacy.
- Orcish Bowmasters borderless foil: Around $58
- Orcish Bowmasters prerelease foil: Around $55
- Showcase Scrolls foil: Around $75
- Showcase Scrolls non-foil: Around $45
- Orcish Bowmasters foil: Around $45
- Orcish Bowmasters borderless non-foil: Around $45
- Orcish Bowmasters normal: Around $45
Gandalf the White MTG price
Gandalf the White gives all legendary and Artifact spells Flash. The Avatar wizard is most often played within the MTG Commander format.
- Borderless poster foil: Around $20
- Borderless poster non-foil: Around $14
- Showcase foil: Around $13
- Borderless foil: Around $15
- Prerelease foil: Around $25
- Showcase Scrolls foil: Around $18
- Showcase Scrolls non-foil: Around $10
- Non-foil borderless: Around $12
- Non-foil Showcase: Around $8
- Foil: Around $7
- Normal: Around $6
Sauron, the Dark Lord MTG price
The Dark Lord Sauron is featured in a stunning Showcase ring variant. The Avatar horror has seen play mostly within the MTG Commander format. Players are also using The Dark Lord Sauron in formats like Legacy and Historic Brawl on MTG Arena.
- Borderless poster foil: Around $60
- Borderless poster non-foil: Around $26
- Sauron, the Dark Lord showcase foil: Around $6
- Sauron, the Dark Lord showcase non-foil: Around $4
- Sauron, the Dark Lord prerelease foil: Around $27
- Sauron, the Dark Lord foil: Around $12
- Sauron, the Dark Lord normal: Around $3
Delighted Halfling MTG price
Costing only one Green mana to cast, Delighted Halfling is a 1/2 mana dork. The halfling can only help cast legendary spells but prevents those spells from getting countered. Players are using Delighted Halfling in MTG formats like Commander and Modern.
- Delighted Halfling extended foil: Around $16
- Prerelease foil: Around $18
- Delighted Halfling extended non-foil: Around $13
- Delighted Halfling scene art borderless foil: Around $11
- Delighted Halfling borderless non-foil: Around $10
- Delighted Halfling foil: Around $10
- Delighted Halfling normal: Around $11
Palantir of Orthanc MTG price
Popular within the Commander, Legacy, and Modern formats is Palantir of Orthanc. The legendary Artifact only costs three mana of any color to cast and is a Mythic Rare. Since the release of LTR, Palantir of Orthanc rose in value dramatically before settling in as the third most expensive MTG card from the set.
- Palantir of Orthanc extended foil: Around $100
- Prerelease foil: Around $30
- Borderless poster foil: Around $40
- Borderless poster non-foil: Around $19
- Palantir of Orthanc extended non-foil: Around $15
- Palantir of Orthanc foil: Around $16
- Palantir of Orthanc normal: Around $13
Witch-king of Angmar MTG price
Popular in the Commander format, Witch-king of Angmar is a five-drop Mono-Black legendary. The wraith noble spiked in price at the start of July and has since dropped back to its original value before the price increase as of Oct. 12.
- Witch-king of Angmar borderless foil: Around $18
- Witch-king of Angmar showcase foil: Around $10
- Witch-king of Angmar foil: $6
- Witch-king of Angmar borderless non-foil: Around $15
- Witch-king of Angmar showcase non-foil: Around $6
- Witch-king of Angmar normal: Around $5
Nazgul MTG Lord of the Rings variant MTG prices
Having nine different art variants within the LTR set is Nazgul. The Uncommon allows players to put up to nine copies of the wraith knight into a deck, which is very powerful in a format like Commander, where players can only have one copy of a card unless otherwise specified. The Nazgul are in high demand, with various art variants having different prices.
- Nazgul #339 foil: Around $18 and normal at around $9
- Nazgul #332 foil: Around $15 and normal at around $9
- Nazgul #338 foil: Around $14 and normal at around $9
- Nazgul #336 foil: Around $14 and normal at around $9
- Nazgul #333 foil: Around $14 and normal at around $9
- Nazgul #100 foil: Around $18 and normal at around $9
- Nazgul #337 foil: Around $13 and normal at around $8
- Nazgul #335 foil: Around $17 and normal at around $8
- Nazgul #334 foil: Around $14 and normal at around $8
New Nazgul variants dropped through the second printing of LTR, featuring a Showcase Scrolls treatment.
- Nazgul #0728: Around $17 for normal and foil at $18
- Nazgul #0727: Around $16 for normal and foil at around $20
- Nazgul #0725: Around $13 for normal and foil at around $20
- Nazgul #0730: Around $14 for normal and foil at around $19
- Nazgul #0724: Around $14 for normal and foil at around $19
- Nazgul #0729: Around $13 for normal and foil at around $19
- Nazgul #0726: Around $11 for normal and foil at around $16
- Nazgul #0723: Around $10 for normal and foil at around $19
- Nazgul #0551: Around $5 for normal and foil at around $19
Best foil Realms and Relics LTR box toppers
Multiple Magic cards from the LTR set have either extended art or borderless surge foil variants that are worth money, priced much higher than other variants of that card. Each of the Realms and Relics cards had a surge foil variant, with some priced at over $200.
All Realms and Relics surge foil card prices
- Path of the Dead Surge foil: Around $260
- Glittering Caves Surge foil: Around $270
- Balin’s Tomb Surge foil: Around $160
- The Party Tree Surge foil: Around $175
- Minas Morgul Surge foil: Around $120
- The Dead Marshes Surge foil: Around $140
- Valley of Gorgoroth Surge foil: Around $125
- Morgul-Knife Surge foil: Around $65
- Bag End Surge foil: Around $80
- Henneth Annun Surge foil: Around $75
- Bucklebury Ferry Surge foil: Around $80
- Helm’s Deep Surge foil: Around $75
- Three Rings for the Elven-Kings Surge foil: Around $50
- Barrow-Downs Surge foil: Around $80
- Dol Amroth Surge foil: Around $100
- Weathertop Surge foil: Around $40
- Isengard, Saruman’s Fortress Surge foil: Around $70
- Bridge of Khazad-dum Surge foil: Around $50
- Elessar, the Elfstone Surge foil: Around $50
- Shards of Narsil Surge foil: Around $60
- Fangorn Forest Surge foil: Around $85
- Ring of Barahir Surge foil: Around $65
- Herugrim, Sword of Rohan Surge foil: Around $55
- Green Dragon Inn Surge foil: Around $35
- Osgiliath, Fallen Capital Surge foil: Around $45
- White Tower of Ecthelion Surge foil: Around $40
- Meduseld, Golden Hall of Edoras Surge foil: Around $35
- Redhorn Pass Surge foil: Around $30
- Inn of the Prancing Pony Surge foil: Around $30
So, there you have it—every MTG Lord of the Rings card and their prices as listed by Wizards of the Coast. You better get to spending.
Images via WotC.
Update June 10, 8am CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated for June 10.
Update June 12, 7:30am CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated for June 12.
Update June 15, 9am CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated for June 15.
Update June 20, 12:20pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated for the digital launch on June 20.
Update June 26, 11:15am CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated following the global launch.
Update June 30 12pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated
Update July 6 2:15pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated
Update Aug. 4 10:20am CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated following the launch of Commander Masters.
Update Sept. 5 2pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated for the launch of Wilds of Eldraine.
Update Nov. 4 5pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Ring card prices were updated following the Holiday second printing launch.
