Lash of the Balrog
- Mana cost
- {B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #92 (common)
- Price
- $0.12 USD
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay {4}.
Destroy target creature.
Lash of the Balrog has 3 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #7,409 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (2,526 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Lash of the Balrog most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 2,526 decks
- Sméagol, Helpful Guide: 1,467 decks
- Lord of the Nazgûl: 917 decks
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane: 804 decks
- Lucius the Eternal: 289 decks
- Frodo, Sauron's Bane: 285 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 279 decks
- Uglúk of the White Hand: 201 decks
Often played with Lash of the Balrog
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Players can respond to Lash of the Balrog only after it's been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to stop you from casting this spell or to make it cost more mana.
- : You must sacrifice exactly one creature or pay an extra {4} to cast this spell; you can't cast it without paying one of those costs, and you can't pay either multiple times.