Throne of the High City

Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #339 · Rare · Land

{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: You become the monarch.

The high throne was empty. At the foot of its dais, upon the lowest step which was broad and deep, there was a stone chair, black and unadorned, for the Steward of Gondor.

Illustrated by Pablo Mendoza · Released June 23, 2023

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.02 USD (7.7%) to $0.28 USD; low $0.24 USD, high $0.29 USD.

Printings

  1. Marvel Super Heroes Commander #274 (MSC) · Rare · 2026 · $0.30 USD
  2. Marvel Super Heroes Commander #500 (MSC) · Rare · 2026 · $0.41 USD
  3. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #307 (MKC) · Rare · 2024 · $0.33 USD
  4. Tales of Middle-earth Commander #339 (this printing) · Rare · 2023 · $0.28 USD
  5. Treasure Chest #73 (PZ2) · Rare · 2016
  6. Conspiracy: Take the Crown #80 (CN2) · Rare · 2016 · $0.44 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2016-08-23 · wotc — Abilities that trigger whenever you "become the monarch" trigger only if you aren't already the monarch. For example, if you are already the monarch as Custodi Lich enters the battlefield, its last ability won't trigger.
  2. 2016-08-23 · wotc — Being the monarch carries two inherent triggered abilities. "At the beginning of the monarch's end step, that player draws a card" and "Whenever a creature deals combat damage to the monarch, its controller becomes the monarch."
  3. 2016-08-23 · wotc — If the triggered ability that causes the monarch to draw a card goes on the stack, and a different player becomes the monarch before that ability resolves, the first player will still draw the card.
  4. 2016-08-23 · wotc — The game starts with no monarch. Once an effect makes one player the monarch, the game will have exactly one monarch from that point forward.

Played in these commander decks

  1. T'Challa, the Black Panther · in 53% of 49 decks
  2. Queen Marchesa · in 24% of 50 decks

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