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◇ Catalog #485

Crown of Gondor

ltc·#485·rare·showcase

Illus. Jarel Threat

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Nov '23

2 yr ago

Value

$5.26+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $5.44 · low $4.96

NM$5.26

LP—

MP—

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$4.86–$5.55modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $5.42low $0.36range 1405.6%n 95

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,590 · Niche pick

Variants

Showcase$5.26

Gameplay

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each creature you control. When a legendary creature you control enters, if there is no monarch, you become the monarch. Equip {4}. This ability costs {3} less to activate if you're the monarch.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHnot legal

Rulings · 5

2023-06-16wotc

If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.

2023-06-16wotc

There are two inherent triggered abilities associated with being the monarch. These triggered abilities have no source and are controlled by the player who was the monarch at the time the abilities triggered. The full texts of these abilities are "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."

2023-06-16wotc

The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward. As a player becomes the monarch, the current monarch (if any) ceases being the monarch.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $5.26. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.36 and $5.42 across 95 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 Showcase 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 #485 of *Tales of Middle-earth Commander*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2023 Tales of Middle-earth Commander release.

Card type: Legendary Artifact — Equipment, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Equip.

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,590 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jarel Threat. Rarix catalogs 130 other cards credited to this artist.