Glorious Gale
Glorious Gale: Instant, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Counter target creature spell. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 51
- Artist
- Ekaterina Burmak
- Commander rank
- 5,504 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Glorious Gale
Glorious Gale is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue instant from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 51 in that set, with art by Ekaterina Burmak. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, 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 $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Counter target creature spell. If it was a legendary spell, the Ring tempts you.
The Elves of Lórien took Dol Guldur. Galadriel threw down its walls and laid bare its pits, and the forest was cleansed.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Glorious Gale by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Glorious Gale
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) #502 | Common | 2023 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Glorious Gale, newest first.
- Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
- The Ring gains its abilities in order from top to bottom. Once it gains an ability, it has that ability for the rest of the game.
- The Ring can tempt you even if you don't control a creature. In this case, abilities that trigger "whenever the Ring tempts you" will still trigger.
- Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.
- If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
- As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
- Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
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