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◇ Catalog #260

The Shire

ltr·#260·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jonas De Ro

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Jun '23

3 yr ago

Value

$4.18+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $4.33 · low $3.94

NM$4.18

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$3.86–$4.41modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $4.18low $0.02range 20800.0%n 46

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,136 · Common include

Variants

Foil$3.53

Nonfoil$4.18

Gameplay

Legendary Land

The Shire enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {G}. {1}{G}, {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Create a Food token.

"You must start somewhere and have some roots, and the soil of the Shire is deep." —Merry

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2024-11-08wotc

You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.

2024-11-08wotc

Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

2024-11-08wotc

Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

2023-06-16wotc

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $4.18. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $4.18 across 46 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from LTR — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #260 of *The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2023 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth release.

Card type: Legendary Land, color identity green, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Keyword abilities: Food.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,136 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jonas De Ro. Rarix catalogs 775 other cards credited to this artist.