The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) Limited Tier List • MTG Arena Zone

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The Lord of the Rings (LTR) Limited Guides
Grading Scale
Changelog

MTG Arena Zone’s The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (MOM) Limited Tier List ranks every card in the set, to provide a guideline you can use to pick cards for your draft deck or to build your sealed deck. Updates will be noted in the changelog. Make sure to bookmark this page to come back to later!

White	R	★	Blue	R	★	Black	R	★	Red	R	★	Green	R	★	Multicolored	R	★	Colorless	R	★	Lands	R	★
Banish from Edoras	C	2.0	Arwen's Gift	C	2.0	Bitter Downfall	U	3.5	Battle-Scarred Goblin	C	2.5	Bag End Porter	C	2.5	Aragorn, Company Leader	R	3.5	Andúril, Flame of the West	M	4.5	Barad-dûr	R	3.5
The Battle of Bywater	R	3.5	The Bath Song	U	3.5	The Black Breath	C	1.5	Book of Mazarbul	U	3.0	Bombadil's Song	C	1.5	Aragorn, the Uniter	M	3.0	Barrow-Blade	U	1.5	Great Hall of the Citadel	C	2.5
Bill the Pony	U	3.0	Bewitching Leechcraft	C	1.5	Call of the Ring	R	4.5	Breaking of the Fellowship	C	2.0	Brandywine Farmer	C	1.0	Arwen, Mortal Queen	M	4.0	Ent-Draught Basin	U	1.0	The Grey Havens	U	1.5
Boromir, Warden of the Tower	R	3.0	Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler	U	2.0	Cirith Ungol Patrol	C	2.0	Cast into the Fire	C	1.5	Celeborn the Wise	U	2.0	Arwen Undómiel	U	3.5	Glamdring	M	2.5	Minas Tirith	R	3.0
Dawn of a New Age	M	3.0	Birthday Escape	C	2.5	Claim the Precious	C	3.5	Display of Power	R	2.0	Chance-Met Elves	C	1.5	The Balrog, Durin's Bane	R	4.0	Horn of Gondor	R	4.5	Mines of Moria	R	2.5
Dúnedain Blade	C	1.5	Borne Upon a Wind	R	1.0	Dunland Crebain	C	3.5	Éomer, Marshal of Rohan	R	3.0	Delighted Halfling	R	3.0	Bilbo, Retired Burglar	U	3.5	Horn of the Mark	R	2.0	Mount Doom	M	1.5
Eagles of the North	C	2.0	Captain of Umbar	C	1.5	Easterling Vanguard	C	2.5	Éomer of the Riddermark	U	4.0	Dúnedain Rangers	U	2.5	Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper	U	2.0	Inherited Envelope	C	2.0	Rivendell	R	3.5
Eastfarthing Farmer	C	2.0	Council's Deliberation	U	2.0	Gollum, Patient Plotter	U	3.5	Erebor Flamesmith	C	2.0	Elven Chorus	R	2.0	Denethor, Ruling Steward	U	3.5	Lembas	C	1.5	The Shire	R	3.5
East-Mark Cavalier	C	1.5	Deceive the Messenger	C	2.5	Gollum's Bite	U	3.5	Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold	U	3.5	Elven Farsight	C	1.5	Doors of Durin	R	4.0	Mirror of Galadriel	U	1.5	Shire Terrace	C	1.5
Éowyn, Lady of Rohan	U	3.0	Dreadful as the Storm	C	1.5	Gorbag of Minas Morgul	U	2.0	Fall of Cair Andros	R	1.5	Enraged Huorn	C	2.0	Elrond, Master of Healing	R	3.5	Mithril Coat	R	1.5
Errand-Rider of Gondor	C	3.0	Elrond, Lord of Rivendell	U	3.0	Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant	U	3.5	Fear, fire, Foes!	U	4.0	Entish Restoration	U	1.5	Éowyn, Fearless Knight	R	4.0	The One Ring	M	2.0
Escape from Orthanc	C	1.5	Gandalf, Friend of the Shire	U	3.5	Gríma Wormtongue	U	2.5	Fiery Inscription	U	1.5	Ent's Fury	C	2.5	Faramir, Prince of Ithilien	R	4.0	Palantír of Orthanc	M	4.0
Esquire of the King	C	2.0	Glorious Gale	C	2.5	Grond, the Gatebreaker	U	3.0	Fire of Orthanc	C	1.5	Fall of Gil-galad	R	3.5	Flame of Anor	R	3.5	Phial of Galadriel	R	3.5
Faramir, Field Commander	U	3.5	Goldberry, River-Daughter	R	2.5	Haunt of the dead Marshes	C	2.0	Foray of Orcs	U	3.5	Fangorn, Tree Shepherd	R	1.5	Friendly Rivalry	U	2.5	Shire Scarecrow	C	1.0
Flowering of the White Tree	R	4.0	Grey Havens Navigator	C	2.0	Isildur's Fateful Strike	R	2.5	Gimli, Counter of Kills	U	2.0	Galadhrim Bow	C	2.5	Frodo Baggins	U	3.5	Sting, the Glinting Dagger	R	2.0
Fog on the Barrow-Downs	C	2.5	Hithlain Knots	C	2.0	Lash of the Balrog	C	3.0	Gimli's Axe	C	1.5	Galadhrim Guide	C	2.0	Galadriel of Lothlórien	R	3.5	Stone of Erech	U	1.0
Forge Anew	R	1.0	Horses of the Bruinen	U	2.5	Lobelia Sackville-Baggins	R	3.0	Gimli's Fury	C	1.5	Generous Ent	C	3.0	Gandalf the Grey	R	3.0	Wizard's Rockets	C	1.5
Frodo, Sauron's Bane	R	3.0	Ioreth of the Healing House	U	2.5	March from the Black Gate	U	3.0	Glóin, Dwarf Emissary	R	3.0	Gift of Strands	U	1.5	Gandalf's Sanction	U	3.5
Gandalf the White	M	3.0	Isolation at Orthanc	C	2.5	Mirkwood Bats	C	2.5	Goblin Fireleaper	U	2.5	Glorfindel, Dauntless Rescuer	U	2.0	Gimli, Mournful Avenger	R	2.0
Hobbit's Sting	C	2.5	Ithilien Kingfisher	C	2.0	Mordor Muster	C	2.5	Grishnákh, Brash Instigator	U	3.5	Last March of the Ents	M	1.5	Gwaihir the Windlord	U	2.5
Landroval, Horizon Witness	U	2.5	Knights of Dol Amroth	C	1.5	Mordor Trebuchet	C	2.0	Haradrim Spearmaster	C	2.5	Legolas, Master Archer	R	3.5	King of the Oathbreakers	R	4.0
Lost to Legend	U	2.5	Lórien Revealed	C	2.0	Morgul-Knife Wound	C	2.0	Hew the Entwood	M	0.5	Long List of the Ents	U	1.5	Legolas, Counter of Kills	U	1.0
Nimble Hobbit	C	1.5	Lost Isle Calling	R	1.0	Nasty End	C	2.5	Improvised Club	C	2.0	Lothlórien Lookout	C	1.5	Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff	R	3.0
Now for Wrath, Now for Ruin!	C	1.5	Meneldor, Swift Savior	U	3.0	Nazgûl	U	4.0	Moria Marauder	R	3.5	Many Partings	C	2.5	Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain	U	3.5
Protector of Gondor	C	2.0	Nimrodel Watcher	C	2.5	Oath of the Grey Host	U	3.0	Oliphaunt	C	2.5	Meriadoc Brandybuck	U	3.5	Merry, Esquire of Rohan	R	3.0
Reprieve	U	2.0	Pelargir Survivor	C	2.5	One Ring to Rule Them All	R	3.0	Olog-hai Crusher	C	2.0	Mirkwood Spider	C	2.0	The mouth of Sauron	U	3.5
Rosie Cotton of South Lane	U	3.0	Press the Enemy	R	1.5	Orcish Bowmasters	R	4.5	Quarrel's End	C	2.5	Mirrormere Guardian	C	2.0	Old Man Willow	U	4.0
Samwise the Stouthearted	U	3.0	Rangers of Ithilien	R	4.0	Orcish Medicine	C	1.5	Rally at the Hornburg	C	3.0	Mushroom Watchdogs	C	2.5	Pippin, Guard of the Citadel	R	4.0
Second Breakfast	C	1.5	Saruman the White	U	2.5	Sam's Desperate Rescue	C	2.0	Ranger's Firebrand	U	3.5	Peregrin Took	U	2.5	Prince Imrahil the Fair	U	2.5
Shire Shirriff	U	2.5	Saruman's Trickery	U	3.5	Sauron, the Necromancer	R	3.5	Relentless Rohirrim	C	2.0	Pippin's Bravery	C	1.5	Ringsight	U	2.0
Slip On the Ring	C	2.0	Scroll of Isildur	R	3.0	Shadow of the Enemy	M	1.5	Rising of the Day	U	1.0	Quickbeam, Upstart Ent	U	3.5	Rise of the Witch-king	U	3.0
Soldier of the Grey Host	C	1.5	Soothing of Sméagol	C	2.5	Shelob's Ambush	C	2.0	Rohirrim Lancer	C	2.0	Radagast the Brown	M	3.5	Samwise Gamgee	R	3.0
Stalwarts of Osgiliath	C	2.0	Stern Scolding	U	2.5	Snarling Warg	C	1.5	Rush the Room	C	1.0	Revive the Shire	C	1.5	Saruman of Many Colors	M	3.5
Tale of Tinúviel	U	2.5	Storm of Saruman	M	1.0	The Torment of Gollum	C	3.0	Smite the Deathless	C	3.5	The Ring Goes South	R	0.5	Sauron, the Dark Lord	M	4.0
Took Reaper	C	2.0	Surrounded by Orcs	C	1.5	Troll of Khazad-dûm	C	3.0	Spiteful Banditry	M	4.0	Shortcut to Mushrooms	U	1.0	Sauron's Ransom	R	3.5
War of the Last Alliance	R	2.0	Treason of Isengard	C	1.5	Uruk-hai Berserker	C	2.5	Swarming of Moria	C	1.5	Shower of Arrows	C	1.5	Shadow Summoning	U	3.5
Westfold Rider	C	2.0	The Watcher in the Water	M	1.0	Voracious Fell Beast	U	4.0	There and Back Again	R	3.5	Stew the Coneys	U	3.0	Shadowfax, Lord of Horses	U	3.5
You Cannot Pass!	U	1.5	Willow-Wind	C	2.5	Witch-king of Angmar	M	4.5	Warbeast of Gorgoroth	C	2.0	Wose Pathfinder	C	2.5	Shagrat, Loot Bearer	R	2.5
															Sharkey, Tyrant of the Shire	R	1.0
															Shelob, Child of Ungoliant	R	4.0
															Sméagol, Helpful Guide	R	4.0
															Strider, Ranger of the North	U	3.0
															Théoden, King of Rohan	U	3.5
															Tom Bombadil	M	1.0
															Uglúk of the White Hand	U	2.0

The Lord of the Rings (LTR) Limited Guides

Grading Scale

5.0: Disgustingly powerful and basically unbeatable. Either answer it the turn it comes down or just pack up your cards. (Tovolar's Huntmaster, The Meathook Massacre, Starnheim Unleashed)
4.5: Incredible bomb that still gives your opponent a slim chance. (Adeline, Resplendent Cathar, Alrund's Epiphany, Grand Master of Flowers)
4.0: Great rare or the absolute best uncommons and removal. (Froghemoth, Morbid Opportunist, Skullport Merchant)
3.5: Great role filler or removal that you never cut. (Magic Missile, Cathartic Pyre, Battle Cry Goblin)
3.0: Good playable that I’m basically never cutting. (Usher of the Fallen, Search Party Captain, Dragon Turtle)
2.5: Decent playable and the bar I hope nearly every card in my deck to reach. (Mourning Patrol, Steadfast Paladin, Goblin Morningstar)
2.0: Mediocre filler that normally is your 20-23rd card(s). (Contact Other Plane, Mindleech Ghoul, Timberland Guide)
1.5: Replaceable, overall bad filler. Could also be decent sideboard cards. (Secrets of the Key, Spiked Pit Trap, Village Rites)
1.0: Bad filler. Gets cut most of the time. (Secret Door, Mystic Skull, Funeral Longboat)
0.5: Very unhappy to main deck this, but maybe it has fringe sideboard applications. (You See a Guard Approach, Bramble Armor, Compelled Duel)
0.0: Unplayable in every possible situation. (Mimic, Change of Fortune, Curse of Shaken Faith)

Changelog

June 29, 2023: Updated along with a review of the Overperformers and Underperformers.
June 21, 2023: Initial version based on the Limited Set Reviews.

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