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Frodo, Sauron's Bane LTR 0018 · rare

Frodo, Sauron's Bane · {W} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen · {W/B}{W/B}: If Frodo is a Citizen, it becomes a Halfling Scout with base power and toughness 2/3 and lifelink. {B}{B}{B}: If Frodo is a Scout, it becomes a Halfling Rogue with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game if the Ring has tempted you four or more times this game. Otherwise, the Ring tempts you." · Power / toughness: 1/2

Frodo, Sauron's Bane · {W} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen · {W/B}{W/B}: If Frodo is a Citizen, it becomes a Halfling Scout with base power and toughness 2/3 and lifelink. {B}{B}{B}: If Frodo is a Scout, it becomes a Halfling Rogue with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game if the Ring has tempted you four or more times this game. Otherwise, the Ring tempts you." · Power / toughness: 1/2

Price
from $0.266 printings
Win rate
59.1% GIH 11,891 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 7,026 wins in 11,891 card-in-hand instances.

11,626 distinct games · 4,173 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

59.1%when drawn (GIH)

+3.5 pp vs 55.6% average · 11,891 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#53 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.4 on average (16,744 packs).

3 of 38 white cards · 3 of 6 white rare cards.

Taken at pick2.65,636 picks
Makes the deck73.3%5,636 picks with known usage
When played55.7%21,509.8 matchesBenched 54.5%
5,930.2 matches
When drawn59.1%11,891 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 62.9% · 4,815 instances
● Drawn later 56.5% · 7,076 instances

In hand 59.1% · 11,891 instances
Unseen in deck 53.2% · 14,835 instances
+5.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with white cards

Win rate when drawn59.1%11,891 instances3 of 38
Opening hand62.9%4,815 instances1 of 37
Drawn later56.5%7,076 instances17 of 37
In the deck55.9%26,816 instances3 of 38
Without seeing it53.2%14,835 instances18 of 38
Improvement when drawn+5.8 pp11,891 instances / 14,835 instances4 of 38
When benched54.5%5,930.2 matches34 of 38
Makes the deck73.3%5,636 picks with known usage12 of 38
Pick (last seen)2.416,744 packs5 of 38
Taken at2.65,636 picks5 of 38

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 WB62.6%4,599 instancesRed–White RW60.4%1,536 instancesGreen–White GW59.1% ◌496 instancesWhite–Blue WU57.3%677 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (59.1% · 11,891 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Usually played with

Deck co-occurrence; not evidence of synergy.

Errand-Rider of Gondor13,823 games with both in the deckProtector of Gondor12,378 games with both in the deckEagles of the North11,648 games with both in the deck
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 79% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

Collect

6 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0018 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart · jumpstart-v2$0.26
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.37

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 →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 35 packs (2.86%) · 40.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart-v2 · Modeled · About 1 in 38 packs (2.67%) · 38.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterRare or mythic rareRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed rare or mythicRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil main-set rare or mythic85.7%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
Dmitry Burmak, LTR 18 · 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 ↗