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Sauron, the Necromancer - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Magic: The Gathering Card - Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror by Anato Finnstark
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Sauron, the Necromancer

Artist: Anato Finnstark

Set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth

Mana Cost: {3}{B}{B}

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Type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror

Menace Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Wraith with menace. At the beginning of the next end step, exile that token unless Sauron is your Ring-bearer.

Legalities

Format Legality
Duel Legal
Brawl Legal
Penny Legal
Predh Not_legal
Future Not_legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Pauper Not_legal
Alchemy Not_legal
Pioneer Not_legal
Vintage Legal
Explorer Not_legal
Historic Legal
Standard Not_legal
Timeless Legal
Commander Legal
Gladiator Legal
Oldschool Not_legal
Premodern Not_legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Standardbrawl Not_legal
Paupercommander Not_legal

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Menace Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Wraith with menace. At the beginning of the next end step, exile that token unless Sauron is your Ring-bearer.

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Anato Finnstark

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells from the top of your library. Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

"A Elbereth Gilthoniel, silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath!"

Delta Price: $3.09
Don't Blink - Doctor Who
Don't Blink (Doctor Who)
Anato Finnstark

Until end of turn, if one or more creatures would enter from exile or after being cast from exile, their owners shuffle them into their libraries instead. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

"Blink and you're dead." —The Tenth Doctor

Delta Price: $0.08
Elven Chorus - Tales of Middle-earth Promos
Elven Chorus (Tales of Middle-earth Promos)
Anato Finnstark

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells from the top of your library. Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

"A Elbereth Gilthoniel, silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath!"

Delta Price: $7.88
Elven Chorus - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Elven Chorus (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Anato Finnstark

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells from the top of your library. Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

"A Elbereth Gilthoniel, silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath!"

Delta Price: $3.92
Elrond, Lord of Rivendell - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Elrond, Lord of Rivendell (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Anato Finnstark

Whenever Elrond or another creature you control enters, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, the Ring tempts you.

Delta Price: $0.11
Drown in the Loch - Secret Lair Drop
Drown in the Loch (Secret Lair Drop)
Anato Finnstark

Choose one — • Counter target spell with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard. • Destroy target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of cards in its controller's graveyard.

Delta Price: $8.04
Plague Engineer - Secret Lair Drop
Plague Engineer (Secret Lair Drop)
Anato Finnstark

Deathtouch As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.

Delta Price: $7.21
Elven Chorus - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Elven Chorus (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Anato Finnstark

You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells from the top of your library. Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

"A Elbereth Gilthoniel, silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath!"

Delta Price: $4.46
Fear of Death - Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Fear of Death (Innistrad: Crimson Vow)
Anato Finnstark

Enchant creature When this Aura enters, mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.) Enchanted creature gets -X/-0, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard.

Delta Price: $0.08
Legolas, Counter of Kills - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Legolas, Counter of Kills (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Anato Finnstark

Reach Whenever you scry, if Legolas is tapped, you may untap it. Do this only once each turn. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas.

Delta Price: $0.11
Genesis Wave - Tales of Middle-earth Commander
Genesis Wave (Tales of Middle-earth Commander)
Anato Finnstark

Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.

Delta Price: $0.26
Galadriel of Lothlórien - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Galadriel of Lothlórien (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Anato Finnstark

Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Galadriel as your Ring-bearer, scry 3. Whenever you scry, you may reveal the top card of your library. If a land card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield tapped.

Delta Price: $0.4
Lightning Bolt - Strixhaven Mystical Archive
Lightning Bolt (Strixhaven Mystical Archive)
Anato Finnstark

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.

"The first mages witnessed the fury of the raging storm and wished to answer back." —*The Stormwright Texts*

Delta Price: $2.25
Dawn of a New Age - The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Dawn of a New Age (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth)
Anato Finnstark

This enchantment enters with a hope counter on it for each creature you control. At the beginning of your end step, remove a hope counter from this enchantment. If you do, draw a card. Then if this enchantment has no hope counters on it, sacrifice it and you gain 4 life.

Delta Price: $2.99
Zimone and Dina - March of the Machine
Zimone and Dina (March of the Machine)
Anato Finnstark

Whenever you draw your second card each turn, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. If you control eight or more lands, repeat this process once.

Delta Price: $1.13
The Doctor's Tomb - Doctor Who
The Doctor's Tomb (Doctor Who)
Anato Finnstark

If a creature would die, instead exile it and that creature's controller loses 2 life. Whenever chaos ensues, redistribute any number of players' life totals. (Each of those players gets one life total back.)

Delta Price: $0.36
Geistlight Snare - Innistrad Remastered
Geistlight Snare (Innistrad Remastered)
Anato Finnstark

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Spirit. It also costs {1} less to cast if you control an enchantment. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Tamil had always wanted a closer look at a geist's lantern. Now he had an eternity to study one.

Delta Price: $0.13
Weeping Angel - Doctor Who
Weeping Angel (Doctor Who)
Anato Finnstark

Flash First strike, vigilance Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this creature isn't a creature until end of turn. If this creature would deal combat damage to a creature, prevent that damage and that creature's owner shuffles it into their library.

Delta Price: $3.66
Weeping Angel - Doctor Who
Weeping Angel (Doctor Who)
Anato Finnstark

Flash First strike, vigilance Whenever an opponent casts a creature spell, this creature isn't a creature until end of turn. If this creature would deal combat damage to a creature, prevent that damage and that creature's owner shuffles it into their library.

Delta Price: $2.15
Geistlight Snare - Innistrad Remastered
Geistlight Snare (Innistrad Remastered)
Anato Finnstark

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Spirit. It also costs {1} less to cast if you control an enchantment. Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Tamil had always wanted a closer look at a geist's lantern. Now he had an eternity to study one.

Delta Price: $0.06
Swindler's Scheme - New Capenna Commander
Swindler's Scheme (New Capenna Commander)
Anato Finnstark

Whenever an opponent casts a spell from their hand, you may reveal the top card of your library. If it shares a card type with that spell, counter that spell and that opponent may cast the revealed card without paying its mana cost.

Delta Price: $0.11
Ominous Cemetery - Doctor Who
Ominous Cemetery (Doctor Who)
Anato Finnstark

{T}: Add {C}. {5}, {T}, Exile this land: Target creature's owner shuffles it into their library.

"They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back, don't look away, and don't blink." —The Tenth Doctor

Delta Price: $0.14
Natural Order - Strixhaven Mystical Archive
Natural Order (Strixhaven Mystical Archive)
Anato Finnstark

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a green creature. Search your library for a green creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

"Nature is neither cruel nor kind. It operates on necessity, not sentiment." —Dina, Witherbloom mage-student

Delta Price: $13.58
Claim the Firstborn - Strixhaven Mystical Archive
Claim the Firstborn (Strixhaven Mystical Archive)
Anato Finnstark

Gain control of target creature with mana value 3 or less until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

"Will! They have a copy of *Tales of the Fae* here! Want me to read you a bedtime story?" —Rowan Kenrith

Delta Price: $0.15

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  • commander: legal
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