Palantír of Orthanc
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos #247s (mythic)
At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Palantír of Orthanc has 9 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #1,342 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (12,574 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Palantír of Orthanc most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 12,574 decks
- Zhulodok, Void Gorger: 3,817 decks
- The Wise Mothman: 2,337 decks
- Teval, the Balanced Scale: 2,095 decks
- The Capitoline Triad: 2,092 decks
- Lorehold, the Historian: 1,839 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 1,834 decks
- Saruman of Many Colors: 1,686 decks
Often played with Palantír of Orthanc
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose a target for Palantír of Orthanc's ability when it goes on the stack. If that target is illegal as the ability tries to resolve, the ability is removed from the stack. You won't put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc, and you won't scry, draw, or mill.
Printings
- The Hobbit Eternal #45
- The Hobbit Eternal #85
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #698
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #749z
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #749
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #792
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos #247s
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #247
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #381