Palantír of Orthanc
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · #381
- Card type
- Legendary Artifact
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- 22.79 € · ★ 82.34 € · 20.06 $ · ★ 46.17 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- 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
- Tatiana Veryayskaya
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2023-06-23
Rulings
You choose a target for Palantír of Orthanc's ability when it goes on the stack. If that target is illegal as the ability tries to resolve, the ability is removed from the stack. You won't put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc, and you won't scry, draw, or mill.
Other printings of this card
The Hobbit Eternal · #45- The Hobbit Eternal · #85
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #247
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #698
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #749
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #749z
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #792
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