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Lobelia, Defender of Bag End

{2}{B}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

LTCTales of Middle-earth Commander#27rare
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Caroline Gariba
Found in
The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Commander Deck Food and Fellowship
Printings3EDHREC rank#7,242
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
When Lobelia enters, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down. {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one — • Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost. • Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
2/2
Plays as:
Drain
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Rulings

5 · latest Jun 16, 2023
  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If Lobelia, Defender of Bag End leaves the battlefield, and later another Lobelia, Defender of Bag End enters the battlefield, it is a new object (even if the two were represented by the same card). You can't play cards exiled by the original Lobelia, Defender of Bag End with the second ability of the new Lobelia, Defender of Bag End.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If the spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    To play a card using the permission granted by the first mode of Lobelia, Defender of Bag End's activated ability, you must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can play a land from exile this way only during your main phase while the stack is empty, and only if you have an available land play remaining for the turn.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    You may look at these face-down exiled cards any time you wish. No other player may look at the face-down cards you exiled with Lobelia, Defender of Bag End, even if another player takes control of it.