Lash of the Balrog
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · #92
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.12 € · ★ 0.17 € · 0.28 $ · ★ 0.13 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay . Destroy target creature.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Antonio José Manzanedo
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-06-23
Flavour text
Even as the Balrog fell, it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about Gandalf's knees, dragging him to the brink of the abyss. "Fly, you fools!" he cried, and was gone.
Rulings
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.
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.