Lash of the Balrog
Sorcery
LTRThe Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#408common
BorderlessFull ArtFoil
- Border
- borderless
- Security stamp
- triangle
- Frame
- 2015 · Full art
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 17–1355
- Illustrator
- Colin Boyer
- Found in
- The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Set Booster Pack · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Collector Booster Sample Pack · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay 
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Destroy target creature.
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Destroy target creature.Plays as: Spot Removal
Market · per finishspark updated 18h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+5.6%
$0.19
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+13.6%
$0.25
$0.03 low-$0.05 gap
Finish
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Nonfoil
$0.19as of 2026-07-12
+5.6%
H $0.24L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
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$0.25as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.31L $0.03since Feb 2024$0.03
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Cheapest playable copy$0.16· across 3 printings
Rulings
2 · latest Jun 16, 2023 · one tap opens all
- WotCJun 16, 2023
Players can respond to Lash of the Balrog only after it's been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to stop you from casting this spell or to make it cost more mana.
- WotCJun 16, 2023
You must sacrifice exactly one creature or pay an extra
to cast this spell; you can't cast it without paying one of those costs, and you can't pay either multiple times.