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◇ Catalog #396

Sauron, the Lidless Eye

ltr·#396·mythic·extended_art

Illus. Yigit Koroglu

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Jun '23

3 yr ago

Value

$30.28+$1 (+4.2%)

30 days high $31 · low $29

NM$30.3

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$28–$32modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $34low $0.02range 170850.0%n 52

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #10,872 · Fringe play

Variants

Extended Art$30

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror

When Sauron enters, gain control of target creature an opponent controls until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn. {1}{B}{R}: Creatures you control get +2/+0 until end of turn. Each opponent loses 2 life.

There is an Eye in the Dark Tower that does not sleep.

4/4

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $30.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $34.19 across 52 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTR — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #396 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 Creature — Avatar Horror, color identity black/red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {3}{B}{R} (5 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #10,872 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Yigit Koroglu. Rarix catalogs 167 other cards credited to this artist.