Raise the Palisade

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Raise the Palisade: Sorcery, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Choose a creature type. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}
Mana value
5
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
23
Artist
Jason Kang
Commander rank
969 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Raise the Palisade

Raise the Palisade is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue sorcery from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 23 in that set, with art by Jason Kang. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023) to The Hobbit Eternal (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $10.72 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.

She seemed tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $10.72 (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 Raise the Palisade by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Raise the Palisade

Raise the Palisade has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #18Mythic2026
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #58Mythic2026
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #278Rare2026
Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #340Rare2026
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1897Rare2025
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #425Rare2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #106Rare2023

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Raise the Palisade.

  • To choose a creature type, you must choose an existing creature type, such as Halfling or Scout. You can't choose multiple creature types, such as "Halfling Scout." Card types such as artifacts can't be chosen, nor can subtypes that aren't creature types, such as Forest, Equipment, or Food.

Similar cards

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Raise the Palisade is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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