The Balrog of Moria
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon
- Power / toughness
- 8 / 8
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander #449 (rare)
- Price
- $6.93 USD
Trample, haste
When The Balrog of Moria dies, you may exile it. When you do, for each opponent, exile up to one target creature that player controls.
Cycling {3}{R} ({3}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, create two Treasure tokens.
The Balrog of Moria has 3 printings, first in Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023). EDHREC ranks it #4,799 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (14,374 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run The Balrog of Moria
- Hosts of Mordor - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Commanders that run The Balrog of Moria most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 14,374 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 3,641 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master: 2,722 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 1,178 decks
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane: 866 decks
- Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant: 517 decks
- Kroxa and Kunoros: 408 decks
- Akul the Unrepentant: 310 decks
Often played with The Balrog of Moria
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Triggered abilities from cycling a card and the cycling ability itself aren't spells. Effects that interact with spells (such as Saruman's Trickery) won't affect them.
- : Some cards with cycling have an ability that triggers when you cycle them, and some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.