Barad-dûr LTR 0253 · rare
Barad-dûr · Legendary Land · Barad-dûr enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {B}. {X}{X}{B}, {T}: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn. · "Those who pass the gates of Barad-dûr do not return." —Gandalf
- Price
- from $1.616 printings
- Win rate
- 56.6% GIH 13,219 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 7,476 wins in 13,219 card-in-hand instances.
13,190 distinct games · 4,716 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.
17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Draft data
+1.0 pp vs 55.6% average · 13,219 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games
Land · compared with other lands below · last seen around pick 2.8 on average (20,770 packs).
2 of 14 land cards.
3,896.8 matches
Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.
○ Opening hand 56.3% · 5,411 instances
● Drawn later 56.7% · 7,808 instances
In hand 56.6% · 13,219 instances
Unseen in deck 55.3% · 16,370 instances
+1.3 percentage points when drawn
Compared with land cards
Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.
Best decks for it
no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum
White–Black WB59.1%2,025 instancesBlack–Red BR58.0%3,519 instancesBlue–Black UB57.9%1,977 instancesBlack–Green BG56.6%802 instancesBlue–Red UR66.7%3 instances · under 100Red–White RW0.0%1 instances · under 100Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (56.6% · 13,219 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Card partners need a verified analysis of this format’s public game file.
17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023
Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.
| Finish | Found in | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nonfoil | draft · set | $1.61 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $2.59 |
Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,715 packs (0.06%) · 2.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 86 packs (1.17%) · 34.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 645 packs (0.15%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 59 packs (1.68%) · 39.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
How to pull it
Official rates for the whole category, not this card.
| Booster | Slot | Per pack | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Booster | Common or foil | 33% | Main set and booster-fun foils |
| Draft Booster | Rare or mythic rare | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Draft and Set Booster rare printings |
| Set Booster | Ten other Magic cards | 100% | Other Draft and Set Booster printings |
| Set Booster | Guaranteed rare or mythic | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Draft and Set Booster rare printings |
| Set Booster | Guaranteed traditional foil | 100% | Main set and booster-fun foils |
| Collector Booster | Foil main-set rare or mythic | 85.7% | Main set · rare |
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Sean Vo, LTR 253 · Scryfall ↗
- More like this
- Regular printing printings →
- Sources
- Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗