The Battle of Bywater
The Battle of Bywater: Sorcery, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 2
- Artist
- Tomas Duchek
- Commander rank
- 1,843 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Food
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About The Battle of Bywater
The Battle of Bywater is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white sorcery from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 2 in that set, with art by Tomas Duchek. It costs {1}{W}{W} (one generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.47 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
The Tooks marched in with Pippin at their head. Merry now had enough sturdy Hobbitry to deal with the ruffians.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.47 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Battle of Bywater by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of The Battle of Bywater
The Battle of Bywater has been printed in 2 sets. 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) #453 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #757 | Rare | 2023 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #346 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #2s | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to The Battle of Bywater, newest first.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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