(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 at $0.32, stable around $0.32 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $0.32 across 38 observations. Headline volatility reads high. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

Last observed on Scryfall 20 hours ago at $0.32.

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.

This card belongs to *The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth* (released June 2023).

Card #91 in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.

Rarity tier: rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters.

Card type: Legendary Instant. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Brawl, and Historic.

EDHrec ranks this card #9,506 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by John Di Giovanni. Rarix tracks 83 other cards credited to this artist across the catalog — browse the full gallery to see the body of work.

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