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Art by Sean Vo
Sean Vo

Barad-dûr

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #253
Rare Non-foil Traditional foil EN

Released · Illustrated by Sean Vo

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Not in a preconstructed deck (collector booster or promo printing).

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"Those who pass the gates of Barad-dûr do not return." —Gandalf

What is this worth

Non-foil

$2 High confidence
  • Retail Card Kingdom $2.99 as of 2026-10-25
  • Retail Cardmarket $2 as of 2026-10-26
  • Retail Mana Pool $1.16 as of 2026-10-25
  • Retail TCGplayer $1.61 as of 2026-10-26
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $0.50 as of 2026-10-24

Traditional foil

$3 High confidence
  • Retail Cardmarket $2 as of 2026-10-26
  • Retail Mana Pool $1.77 as of 2026-10-25
  • Retail TCGplayer $2.59 as of 2026-10-26
  • Retail Card Kingdom $4.49 as of 2026-10-25
  • Buylist Card Kingdom $1.80 as of 2026-10-25

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Price history

Foil

7 d +2.0% 30 d +2.0%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 26 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.

Non-foil

7 d +15.0% 30 d -43.5%

Daily retail prices from 11 Sep 2026 to 26 Oct 2026, one point per day we recorded one.

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Oracle text

Barad-dûr enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add .
, : Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.

Legalities

Legal Not legal

Standard
Pioneer
Modern
Legacy
Vintage
Pauper
Premodern
Old School
Future
Commander
Duel Commander
Oathbreaker
Pauper Commander
PreDH
Brawl
Standard Brawl
Historic
Timeless
Alchemy
Gladiator
Penny Dreadful
tlr
competitivebrawl

Identifiers and data

Scryfall id
eb5038af-06b0-401e-8dea-a1a8483788ae
Oracle id
88159872-d37d-4847-b048-e4a9af6437bd
Illustration id
64f18d68-1e66-488d-bb8f-cd5cbc2b00c2
Card back id
0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
Multiverse ids
617083
MTGO id
112416
Arena id
84945
TCGplayer id
498301
Cardmarket id
715969
MTGJSON uuid
aed39ba4-ac8d-5640-9661-c18502c1a4ec
Card Kingdom id
277942
Cardsphere id
103865
Set code
LTR
Collector number
253
Layout
normal
Frame
2015
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Promo types
universesbeyond
Frame effects
legendary
Booster
Yes
Games
paper, mtgo, arena
Story spotlight
No
Reserved list
No
EDHREC rank
1755
Penny rank
2605

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Other printings

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #751 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #704 Tales of Middle-earth Promos #253s The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #425 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #340