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◇ Catalog #453

The Battle of Bywater

ltr·#453·rare·showcase

Illus. Tomas Duchek

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Nov '23

2 yr ago

Value

$6.17+$0 (+4.9%)

30 days high $6.17 · low $5.87

Volatility · moderate

USD$6.16EUR€5.19TIX0.02 tix

NM$6.17

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$5.75–$6.29

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $6.17low $0.02range 30750.0%n 91

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,827 · Common include

Variants

Showcase$6.17

Gameplay

Sorcery

Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

The Tooks marched in with Pippin at their head. Merry now had enough sturdy Hobbitry to deal with the ruffians.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2024-11-08wotc

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

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.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $6.17, up from $5.87 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $6.17 across 91 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTR — 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 #453 of *The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2023 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{W}{W} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Food.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,827 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Tomas Duchek. Rarix catalogs 131 other cards credited to this artist.