The Balrog, Durin's Bane

The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #646 · rare · EN

CA$5.99 · Foil $5.60

cheapest of 10 store offers · see all

market $5.52 · Foil $5.33

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: 2023-11-03

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $5.52
  • TCGplayer foil: $5.33
  • Cardmarket: €5.29
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$5.52$2.09
234 days of daily prices for The Balrog, Durin's Bane: $2.09 to $5.52
2026-01-252026-11-12
regular foil · 234 days tracked · $2.09 → $5.52 (+164%) · low $2.09 · high $5.52
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 #646) 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
Face To Face GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$5.99today
Card KingdomNM · 3 days agoNMregular$4.993 days ago
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$5.08today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$5.13today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$5.60today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$5.80today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$6.48today

Truncated: 3 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 10 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 6 lists
  • 6 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