In the Darkness Bind Them
In the Darkness Bind Them: Enchantment - Saga, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Enchantment - Saga
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and red (UBR)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 58
- Artist
- Daarken
- Commander rank
- 4,103 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About In the Darkness Bind Them
In the Darkness Bind Them is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue, black and red enchantment from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 58 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {2}{U}{B}{R} (two generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.10 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I, II, III - Create a 3/3 black Wraith creature token with menace. The Ring tempts you.
IV - For each opponent, gain control of up to one target creature that player controls until end of turn. Untap those creatures. They gain haste until end of turn. The Ring tempts you.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.10 (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 In the Darkness Bind Them by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of In the Darkness Bind Them
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #465 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for In the Darkness Bind Them, newest first.
- Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
- When In the Darkness Bind Them's final chapter ability triggers, you can choose to target no creatures just so that the Ring tempts you. However, if you do choose at least one target, and all of those targets are illegal at the time the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. The Ring won't tempt you.
- If a creature targeted by In the Darkness Bind Them's final chapter ability changes controllers before the ability resolves, that creature is no longer a legal target.
- While resolving In the Darkness Bind Them's first three chapter abilities, you can choose the Wraith token you just created to be your Ring-bearer as the Ring tempts you.
- 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.
- 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.
- Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
- 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.
In these precons
In the Darkness Bind Them is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.