There and Back Again
There and Back Again: Enchantment - Saga, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Enchantment - Saga
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 151
- Artist
- Jarel Threat
- Commander rank
- 2,117 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Treasure, Haste
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About There and Back Again
There and Back Again is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 151 in that set, with art by Jarel Threat. It costs {3}{R}{R} (three generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is red. 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 $6.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I - Up to one target creature can't block for as long as you control this Saga. The Ring tempts you.
II - Search your library for a Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
III - Create Smaug, a legendary 6/6 red Dragon creature token with flying, haste, and "When Smaug dies, create fourteen Treasure tokens."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.45 (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 There and Back Again 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 There and Back Again
There and Back Again 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) #602 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #151s | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to There and Back Again, newest first.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
- Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.
- Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
- As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
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