Mirkwood Bats
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth 546 • common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Collector number
- 546
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- John Tedrick
- Market price
- $6.60
What it does
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
"The enemy has many spies and many ways of hearing."— Gandalf
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Mirkwood Bats is a common creature card featured in the 2023 Magic: The Gathering expansion, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Released as part of the Universes Beyond line, this set was designed to integrate J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium into the mechanics of the game. The card represents the shadowy, winged inhabitants of the Mirkwood forest, serving as a tactical piece within the set's broader mechanical focus on aristocrat-style play, where players benefit from creatures leaving the battlefield.
The card features illustration by Lorenzo Mastroianni, who aimed to capture the unsettling, nocturnal nature of the bats lurking in the dense, dark woods of Mirkwood. His design emphasizes the creatures' swarm-like qualities, rendered in a style consistent with the dark fantasy aesthetic established for the Middle-earth collaboration. Upon release, the card was well-received by players for its efficiency in Limited formats and its synergistic potential, quickly becoming a staple in various deck archetypes.
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