Mirkwood Bats
Mirkwood Bats: Creature - Bat, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Bat
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 95
- Artist
- John Tedrick
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Mirkwood Bats
Mirkwood Bats is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 95 in that set, with art by John Tedrick. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
"The enemy has many spies and many ways of hearing." -Gandalf
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.17 (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 Mirkwood Bats 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 Mirkwood Bats
Mirkwood Bats has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2565 | Rare | 2026 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #546 | Common | 2023 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #421 | Common | 2023 |
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