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◇ Catalog #91

Isildur's Fateful Strike

ltr·#91·rare·foil

Illus. John Di Giovanni

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Jun '23

3 yr ago

Value

$0.40+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.41 · low $0.38

NM$0.40

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$0.37–$0.42modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.49low $0.02range 2350.0%n 882

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #9,546 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$0.40

Nonfoil$0.30

Gameplay

Legendary Instant

(You may cast a legendary instant only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.) Destroy target creature. If its controller has more than four cards in hand, they exile cards from their hand equal to the difference.

Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron's hand with the hilt-shard of his father's sword, and Sauron himself was overthrown.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2023-06-16wotc

Isildur's Fateful Strike is the first legendary instant. It is subject to the same casting restrictions as existing legendary sorceries, as listed in the following rulings.

2023-06-16wotc

You can't cast a legendary instant unless you control a legendary creature or a legendary planeswalker. Once you begin to cast a legendary instant, losing control of your legendary creatures and planeswalkers won't affect that spell.

2023-06-16wotc

Other than the casting restriction, the legendary supertype on an instant carries no additional rules. You may cast any number of legendary instants in a turn, and your deck may contain any number of legendary cards (but no more than four of any with the same name).

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.40. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.49 across 882 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 #91 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 Instant, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #9,546 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Di Giovanni. Rarix catalogs 83 other cards credited to this artist.