Wizards of the Coast has applied new skins to previously printed Magic: The Gathering cards as Box-Toppers in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, with some set to pay tribute to 30 iconic items and locations from the Lord of the Rings books.
Box-Toppers in MTG are acquired through the purchase of either a Draft, set, or collector booster box. Within The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) set, there are 30 Magic Artifact and land cards reprinted for the set. Each was renamed and reskinned, classified as Realms and Relics cards within the Modern-legal set.
Every LTR Box Topper Surge foil card prices
All LTR Box-Toppers have an LTC Commander symbol but are playable in Magic formats that the reprints are already legal to play in. The Great Henge reprint that is The Party Tree, for example, is legal to play in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
Box Topper LTR cards are traditional foil, while the ones found in collector boosters have non-foil and Surge-foil variants. Prices for Surge-foil cards have soared leading up to the global launch on June 23, with multiple listings selling at a price of $200 to $500 USD. Prices of collector booster packs and boxes are expected to drop following the end of the hunt for The One Ring on June 30.
Card prices are subject to change leading up to the official launch of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set. Projected prices are based on listings from sites like TCGPlayer and Card Kingdom. Most MTG cards worth money lose value at launch, but the Box-Toppers may retain value as they are all reprinted cards.
All prices below are listed in U.S. dollars (USD).
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Artifact LTR Box Topper prices
- Lórien Brooch foil (Trailblazer’s Boots): $2 to $5
- Elessar, the Elfstone (Cloudstone Curio): $18 to $21—Surge foil around $200
- Argonath, Pillars of the Kings (The Osolith): $18 to $23—Surge foil around $$225 to $300
- Three Rings for the Elven-Kings (Rings of Brighthearth): $3 to $5—Surge foil around $165 to $220
- Morgul-Knife (Shadowspear): $18 to $19—Surge foil around $200
- Balin’s Tomb (Ancient Tomb): $60 to $62—Surge foil $300 to $375
- Ring of Barahir (Sword of the Animist): $9 to $10—Surge foil $115 to $215
- Shards of Narsil (Thorn of Amethyst): $1—Surge foil around $140
- Herugrim, Sword of Rohan (Sword of Hearth and Home): $8 to $9—Surge foil around $180
Land LTR Box-Topper prices
- Green Dragon Inn (Homeward Path): $7 to $9—Surge foil $70 to $102
- Isengard, Saruman’s Fortress (Boseiju, Who Shelters All): $7 to $8—Surge foil between $150 and $200
- Weathertop (Deserted Temple): $5—Surge foil between $230 to $370
- Barrow-Downs (Boluka Bog): $9 to $10—Surge foil $150 to $170
- Dol Amroth (Minamo, School at Water’s Edge): $12 to $15—Surge foil $150 to $200
- The Party Tree (The Great Henge): $48 to $50—Surge foil $250 to $380
- Paths of the Dead (Cavern of Souls): $49 to $50—Surge foil $400 to $455
- Valley of Gorgoroth (Wasteland): $17 to $18—Surge foil around $215
- Fangorn Forest (Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth): $15 to $16—Surge foil around $395
- Minas Morgul (Cabal Coffers): $26 to $27—Surge foil around $400
- Meduseld, Golden Hall of Edoras (Castle Ardenvale): $2 to $3—Surge foil around $60
- Glittering Caves of Aglarond (Gemstone Caverns): $38 to $40—Surge foil $355 to $455
- Bag End (Horizon Canopy): $8 to $9—Surge foil around $175 to $300
- White Tower of Ecthelion (Krakas): $9 to $10—Surge foil around $78
- Osgiliath, Fallen Capital (Kor Haven): $5 to $6—Surge foil $80 to $90
- Redhorn Pass (Mouth of Ronom): Less than $1—Surge foil around $55
- Bucklebury Ferry (Oboro, Palace in the Clouds): $14 to $15—Surge foil $175 to $200
- Inn of the Prancing Pony (Pillar of the Parwns): $2 to $3—Surge foil around $65
- Henneth Annun (Reflecting Pool): $7 to $8—Surge foil between $190 and $235
- Helm’s Deep (Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep): $5 to $7—Surge foil $200 to $215
- Bridge of Khazad-dûm (Ensnaring Bridge): $7 to $8—Surge foil around $170
- The Dead Marshes (Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth): $40 to $41—Surge foil between $175 and $250
All MTG Lord of the Rings Box Toppers will get price updates as product prices change following the discovery of The One Ring.
Update June 12, 8am CT: All card prices for MTG Lord of the Rings Box Toppers were updated.
Update June 22, 4pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Rings Box Toppers card prices were updated for the global launch on June 23.
Update June 30, 1pm CT: All MTG Lord of the Rings Box Toppers card prices were updated
