Friendly Rivalry
Friendly Rivalry: Instant, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 204
- Artist
- Marc Simonetti
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About Friendly Rivalry
Friendly Rivalry is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red and green instant from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 204 in that set, with art by Marc Simonetti. It costs {R}{G} (one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Target creature you control and up to one other target legendary creature you control each deal damage equal to their power to target creature you don't control.
"Forty-two, Master Legolas!" -Gimli
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Friendly Rivalry by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Friendly Rivalry
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #655 | Uncommon | 2023 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Friendly Rivalry, newest first.
- If one of the two target creatures you control is an illegal target as Friendly Rivalry resolves, the other will still deal damage equal to its power.
- If the last target is an illegal target as Friendly Rivalry resolves, or if both of the first targets are illegal targets, no creature deals or is dealt damage.
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