The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · #297 · 2023 · Nonfoil onlyOpen exact printing $0.45ConfidenceOutlier RiskView set
Card market overview
The Balrog, Flame of Udûn
Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon
Display art: LTR #395. Market reference: LTR #297.
Representative version has price needs version review. Compare other printings before relying on this price.
Card-level market reference
Market at a glance
Pricing ConfidenceOutlier RiskMarketplaces disagree
Representative NeoPrice$0.457-day moveRoughly flatTracked copies199Sellers26
Market trustSource agreement: Marketplaces do not agree · Updated Sep 29, 2026
Representative printing · Representative · Nonfoil only
Market read
What changed
Tracked paper printings currently show NeoPrice from $0.22 to $1.87. A tracked printing's NeoPrice was roughly flat over the last seven days.
What to verify: exact printing and collector number current marketplace listing
Versions
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Prices, supply, and confidence can differ substantially by exact version.
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · #297 · 2023 · Nonfoil onlyOpen exact printing $0.45ConfidenceOutlier RiskView set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earthLTR · #395 · 2023 · Nonfoil onlyOpen exact printing $1.87ConfidenceModerate ConfidenceView set
Tales of Middle-earth Deluxe Commander KitPLTC · #4 · 2024 · FoilOpen exact printing $0.22ConfidenceLow ConfidencePremium treatmentView setMarket history
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Advanced market dataOpen
Detailed metrics
- Liquidity
- Healthy Score 71.8
- Spread
- 288% spread Expanding
- Market sensitivity
- Moderate Sensitivity (36/100) How easily this print market could move
- Inventory trend
- -1.0% 24h -1.0% | 7d +16.4%
- NeoScore
- 56 C Tier
- Organic demand
- 44 Weak organic demand
Card rules & legalityOpen
Trample When a legendary creature an opponent controls dies, put The Balrog on the bottom of its owner's library.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{R}
- Color identity
- B, R
- Reserved List
- No
- Released
- Jun 23, 2023
- Legal formats
- Duel, Brawl, Penny, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Commander, Gladiator, Oathbreaker
Sources, methodology, and disclosureOpen
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