Mirkwood Trapper

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Mirkwood Trapper: Creature - Elf Scout, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}{U}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Elf Scout
Colour identity
Blue and green (UG)
Power / toughness
1/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
62
Artist
John Di Giovanni
Commander rank
13,948 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Mirkwood Trapper

Mirkwood Trapper is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 62 in that set, with art by John Di Giovanni. It costs {1}{G}{U} (one generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. 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 $0.26 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Whenever a player attacks you, target attacking creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

Whenever a player attacks, if they aren't attacking you, that player chooses an attacking creature. It gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Under the boughs of Mirkwood, there was deadly strife of Elves and evil beings.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.26 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Mirkwood Trapper by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Mirkwood Trapper

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #469Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #144Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Mirkwood Trapper.

  • If a player is attacking a planeswalker you control or a battle you're protecting but not attacking you, Mirkwood Trapper's last ability will still trigger.

Similar cards

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Mirkwood Trapper is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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