In your collection
0copies·$0.00
NMLPMPHPDMGTotal
Nonfoil
Foil
Total
LangENPaid avg
Foil premium
2.16×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$1.18
Foil
$2.55

Lobelia, Defender of Bag End

ltcTales of Middle-earth Commander#429rare
{2}{B}
Treatments
ShowcaseScrollSilver Foil
Market price · TCGplayer
updated 2026-06-21
Nonfoil$1.18
Low $0.71Mid $1.17Buylist
Foil$2.55
Low $1.40Mid $2.59Buylist
All finishes · 30d
updated 23h ago
Nonfoil$1.18 +15.7%
Foil$2.55 -1.5%

All Printings

3 printings across 1 sets
Printings
3 total
Card details
Artist
Caroline Gariba
Frame
showcase, legendary
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

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.

P/T2/2
Abilities
TriggeredWhen Lobelia enters, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down.
Modal{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.
Plays as
Drain
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Caroline Gariba
Rulings
  • 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.