The Balrog, Durin's Bane

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #195 · rare · EN

$0.15 · Foil $0.39

cheapest of 36 store offers · see all

market $0.39 · Foil $1.31

Mana cost: {5}{B}{R}

Type: Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon

Commonly played as: Removal

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this turn.
Haste
The Balrog can't be blocked except by legendary creatures.
When The Balrog dies, destroy target artifact or creature an opponent controls.

Artist: Kekai Kotaki

Released: 2023-06-23

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.39
  • TCGplayer foil: $1.31
  • Cardmarket: €0.65
  • Cardmarket foil: €1.87
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$3.03$0.28
234 days of daily prices for The Balrog, Durin's Bane: $0.28 to $0.39
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $0.28 → $0.39 (+39%) · low $0.28 · high $3.03
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #195) in 7 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
CardTraderNM · 5 days agoNMregular€0.205 days ago
First PlayerSP · 2 days agoSPregularCA$0.452 days ago
First PlayerNM · 2 days agoNMregularCA$0.502 days ago
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.39today
CardTraderSP · 5 days agoSPregular€0.365 days ago
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.42today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.50today
CardTraderNM · foil · 5 days agoNMfoil€0.505 days ago
ManaPoolMP · foil · todayMPfoil$0.57today
CardTraderSP · foil · 5 days agoSPfoil€0.695 days ago
First PlayerMP · foil · 2 days agoMPfoilCA$1.442 days ago
Face To Face GamesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$1.49today
401 GamesSP · foil · todaySPfoilCA$1.80today

Truncated: 21 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 36 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 31 lists
  • Played in 1 deck
  • 36 copies tracked

All printings of The Balrog, Durin's Bane

USD · low $0.39 · high $5.52

Set#RarityUSD
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#646 · rare646rare$5.52
Tales of Middle-earth Promos#195s · rare195srare$4.57 foil
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#195 · rare195rare$0.39
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#405 · rare405rare$0.97