Lash of the Balrog LTR 0092 · common
Lash of the Balrog · {B} · Sorcery · As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {4}. Destroy target creature. · Even as the Balrog fell, it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about Gandalf's knees, dragging him to the brink of the abyss. "Fly, you fools!" he cried, and was gone.
- Price
- from $0.143 printings
- Win rate
- 57.1% GIH 126,060 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands - Job
- Answers
Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 71,979 wins in 126,060 card-in-hand instances.
114,011 distinct games · 37,246 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.
17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗
Play
Sacrifice a spare creature to cast it for one black, or pay five total without sacrificing. Keep enough expendable creatures for the cheap mode.
More
- One-pick Draft
- Sacrifice a spare creature to cast it for one black, or pay five total without sacrificing. Keep enough expendable creatures for the cheap mode.
Draft data
+1.5 pp vs 55.6% average · 126,060 instances
Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games
#89 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 3.8 on average (231,040 packs).
22 of 38 black cards · 11 of 19 black common cards.
34,754.4 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 53.8% · 46,479 instances
● Drawn later 59.1% · 79,581 instances
In hand 57.1% · 126,060 instances
Unseen in deck 55.2% · 161,302 instances
+1.9 percentage points when drawn
Compared with black 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
Black–Red BR58.9%37,342 instancesBlue–Black UB58.2%21,069 instancesWhite–Black WB58.0%19,950 instancesBlack–Green BG56.3%7,169 instancesEach tick is this card’s all-decks rate (57.1% · 126,060 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.
Best with
Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.
Grishnákh, Brash Instigator+5.5 pp28,412 games with both in the deck · 6,325 both drawnCall of the Ring+5.1 pp16,451 games with both in the deck · 4,001 both drawnRally at the Hornburg+2.6 pp47,904 games with both in the deck · 12,487 both drawnHow 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 65% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.
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 · jumpstart · jumpstart-v2 | $0.14 |
| Foil | Collector Booster · draft · set | $0.15 |
Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 675 packs (0.15%) · 5.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 11 packs (9.20%) · 96.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 225 packs (0.44%) · 12.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 23 packs (4.26%) · 72.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 25 packs (3.95%) · 38.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (10.00%) · 85.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →
Nonfoil in a jumpstart-v2 · Modeled · About 1 in 10 packs (10.00%) · 85.0% 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 | Commons | 100% per position | Draft and Set Booster common printings |
| Draft Booster | Common or foil | 67% | Draft and Set Booster common printings |
| Draft Booster | Common or foil | 33% | Main set and booster-fun foils |
| Set Booster | Ten other Magic cards | 100% | Other Draft and Set Booster printings |
| Set Booster | Guaranteed traditional foil | 100% | Main set and booster-fun foils |
| Collector Booster | Foil commons | 100% per position | Main set · common |
| Collector Booster | Foil common or rare Sol Ring treatment | Regular cards in this group; no separate share published | Main set · common |
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023
Details & sources
- Legal in
- Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
- Illustration
- Antonio José Manzanedo, LTR 92 · 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 ↗