Wizards of the Coast is including several returning Magic: The Gathering non-basic lands within The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, along with a cycle of legendary lands.
Thematically tapping into Lord of the Rings lore, various lands were added to spice up the Modern-legal set. There are over 250 regular cards within The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) set, including a cycle of legendary lands that feature strategic locations within the lore, from Buckleberry Ferry to Osgiliath. All lands contained within the LTR Holiday products were also added to the land compilations.
All MTG lands in LTR
Returning lands like Evolving Wilds have been included to provide mana fixing within the LTR Draft and Sealed formats, while a reprint of Field of Ruin can take out one of the new legendary lands.
- Evolving Wilds
- Field of Ruin
- Ash Barrens
- Access Tunnel
- Battle Forge
- Brushland
- Canopy Vista
- Choked Estuary
- Clifftop Retreat
- Crumbling Necropolis
- Desolate Lighthouse
- Dragonskull Summit
- Drowned Catacomb
- Exotic Orchard
- Flooded Grove
- Foreboding Ruins
- Fortified Village
- Frostboil Snarl
- Furycalm Snarl
- Ghost Quarter
- Glacial Fortress
- Graypelt Refuge
- Hinterland Harbor
- Isolated Chapel
- Lonely Sandbar
- Murmuring Bosk
- Myriad Landscape
- Necroblossom Snarl
- Port Town
- Rejuvenating Springs
- Rogue’s Passage
- Scattered Groves
- Scoured Barrens
- Shineshadow Snarl
- Smoldering Marsh
- Sulfur Falls
- Sulfurous Springs
- Sunken Hollow
- Sunpetal Grove
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Thornwood Falls
- Throne of the High City
- Tranquil Cove
- Tranquil Thicket
- Underground River
- Vineglimmer Snarl
- Wind-Scarred Crag
- Windbrisk Heights
- Woodland Cemetery
- Woodland Stream
There are also lands like Cavern of Souls that were reprinted, showcasing art and a second name, similar to the Godzilla cards that were included in IKO. These reprinted MTG lands that have new skins are box toppers for the Lord of the Rings MTG set and can also get bulled in collector LTR booster packs.
- Paths of the Dead (Cavern of Souls)
- Valley of Gorgoroth (Wasteland)
- Fangorn Forest (Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth)
- The Dead Marshes (Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth)
- Helm’s Deep (Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep)
- Henneth Annûn (Reflecting Pool)
- Inn of the Prancing Pony (Pillar of the Parwns)
- Bucklebury Ferry (Oboro, Palace in the Clouds)
- Redhorn Pass (Mouth of Ronom)
- Osgiliath, Fallen Capital (Kor Haven)
- White Tower of Ecthelion (Krakas)
- Bag End (Horizon Canopy)
- Glittering Caves of Aglarond (Gemstone Caverns)
- Meduseld, Golden Hall of Edoras (Castle Ardenvale)
- Minas Morgul (Cabal Coffers)
- Balin’s Tomb (Ancient Tomb)
- Barrow-Downs (Bojuka Bog)
- Isengard, Saruman’s Fortress (Boseiju, Who Shelters All)
- Weathertop (Deserted Temple)
- Edoras, Capital of Rohan (Hammerheim)
- Green Dragon Inn (Homeward Path)
- Dol Amroth (Minamo, School at Water’s Edge)
- Caras Galadhon (Tranquil Thicket)
- Tower of Cirith Ungol (Urborg)
- The Dead Marshes (Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth)
New and legendary MTG lands in LTR
A Common rarity land called Shire Terracere was viewed during the first day of LTR spoilers on May 30. It’s likely this is also a cycle, featuring an activated ability to sacrifice the land and search your library for a basic land that gets put directly onto the battlefield tapped.
There are also two possible legendary land cycles, one multicolor and one monocolored. The multicolor legendary lands like Mount Doom are Pain lands, which include activated abilities. Monocolored legendary lands enter the battlefield tapped unless a specific requirement is met, like controlling a legendary creature on the battlefield through Barad-dûr.
- Barad-dûr
- Minas Tirith
- Mines of Moria
- The Shire
- Rivendell
- Mount Doom
Gold border lands MTG Lord of the Rings
Gold border lands were also included in the LTR set. Cards like the Great Hall of the Citadel support decks with legendary spells, providing two mana of any color when tapped, and an additional mana of any color is also paid. And from the Commander Precon decks is The Black Gate.
- Path of Ancestry
- Command Tower
- Sandsteppe Citadel
- Secluded Courtyard
- The Grey Havens
Map lands MTG Lord of the Rings
WotC also included full art map basic lands within the LTR set, which are by far my favorite. Each basic land showcases a different piece of the Middle-earth map.
All full-art Lord of the Rings basic lands with a map treatment had traditional and surge foil treatments.
Update June 5 7:45am CT: Legendary lands from MTG Lord of the Rings spoilers were added.
Update June 7 8am CT: All lands from MTG Lord of the Rings spoilers were added.
Update June 16 12:30pm CT: The Black Gate was added as a legendary land from the MTG Lord of the Rings Commander Precon decks.
Update Oct. 21 2pm CT: All LTR lands were updated prior to the Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Holiday release in November.
