Deceive the Messenger

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #498 · common · EN

$0.25 · Foil $0.27

cheapest of 14 store offers · see all

market $0.27 · Foil $0.41

Mana cost: {U}

Type: Instant

Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)

Artist: Tomas Duchek

Released: 2023-11-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.27
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.41
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.27
  • MTGO tix: 0.03
$0.42$0.20
234 days of daily prices for Deceive the Messenger: $0.20 to $0.27
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $0.20 → $0.27 (+35%) · low $0.20 · high $0.42
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 #498) 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$0.25today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.27today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.30today
CardmarketNM · foil · todayNMfoil€0.27today
Magic StrongholdSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoilCA$0.48yesterday
Le Valet De CoeurNM · todayNMregularCA$0.49today
House Of CardsNM · 6 days agoNMregularCA$0.506 days ago
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.41today
GamezillaNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$0.80today

Truncated: 5 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 14 in total.

Format legality

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

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 6 lists
  • 6 copies tracked

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All printings of Deceive the Messenger

USD · low $0.15 · high $0.27

Set#RarityUSD
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#498 · common498common$0.27
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#47 · common47common$0.15