Tom Bombadil

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Tom Bombadil: Legendary Creature - God Bard, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - God Bard
Colour identity
White, blue, black, red and green (WUBRG)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
234
Artist
Dmitry Burmak
Commander rank
5,275 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue, black, red and green legendary creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 234 in that set, with art by Dmitry Burmak. It costs {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (one white, one blue, one black, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue, black, red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023) to The Hobbit Eternal (2026). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.62 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

As long as there are four or more lore counters among Sagas you control, Tom Bombadil has hexproof and indestructible.

Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control resolves, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a Saga card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.62 (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 Tom Bombadil by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Tom Bombadil

Tom Bombadil has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #38Mythic2026
The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #78Mythic2026
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #685Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #745Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #745zMythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #823Mythic2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #331Mythic2023
Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #234sMythic2023

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Tom Bombadil, newest first.

  • Damage dealt to creatures remains on those creatures until the cleanup step or until an effect removes that damage. If you control Tom Bombadil with at least 4 damage on it as well as a single Saga which has four or more lore counters on it, and that Saga leaves the battlefield later in the turn, Tom Bombadil will be destroyed. This will be true even if that Saga leaves the battlefield as a result of its final chapter ability leaving the stack; state-based actions will be checked before Tom Bombadil's triggered ability could get you another Saga.
  • An ability that triggers when another ability resolves, such as Tom Bombadil's triggered ability, triggers when all of its instructions (as modified by applicable replacement effects) have been followed and it has been removed from the stack. For example, if Tom Bombadil is returned to the battlefield by the final chapter ability of Elspeth Conquers Death, it will be on the battlefield in time to see that final chapter ability finish resolving and get removed from the stack, and thus Tom Bombadil's last ability will trigger.
  • The final chapter ability of a Saga is the ability with the greatest chapter number among chapter abilities that Saga has.

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