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◇ Catalog #197

Swan Song

ltc·#197·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Axel Sauerwald

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Jun '23

3 yr ago

Value

$10.91+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $10 · low $9.34

NM$9.91

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$9.16–$10modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $9.94low $0.63range 1477.8%n 52

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #74 · Format staple

Variants

Nonfoil$9.91

Gameplay

Instant

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Once or twice the travelers heard the rush and whine of swan-wings, and looking up they saw a great phalanx streaming along the sky.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2013-09-15wotc

Swan Song can target a spell that can't be countered. That spell won't be countered when Swan Song resolves, but its controller will get a Bird token.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $9.91. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.63 and $9.94 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTC — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #197 of *Tales of Middle-earth Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2023 Tales of Middle-earth Commander release.

Card type: Instant, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {U} (1 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #74 in Commander, putting it in the format-staple tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Axel Sauerwald. Rarix catalogs 56 other cards credited to this artist.