Gorbag of Minas Morgul
Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier
Whenever a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. When you do, choose one —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #10237
Gorbag of Minas Morgul turns every token you create into a repeatable card advantage engine — each Orc Army token that deals combat damage draws you a card, and the token grows every time a creature you control dies. The cost is that the whole engine lives on one three-mana legendary creature, so a single removal spell shuts it down; Grub, Storied Matriarch softens that weakness by giving you a redundant sacrifice payoff in the command zone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grub, Storied Matriarch
Grub, Storied Matriarch's death-trigger gameplan feeds Gorbag of Minas Morgul directly — every creature that dies pumps the Orc Army token, and Grub generates more bodies to keep the cycle going.
Wort, Boggart Auntie
Wort, Boggart Auntie recovers Goblins from the graveyard, which pairs cleanly with Gorbag of Minas Morgul's token-growth trigger and keeps the battlefield stocked with cheap creatures to sacrifice and swing with.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Gorbag of Minas Morgul does its best work — the long game gives the Orc Army token time to grow into a legitimate threat, and the card draw keeps you from running out of gas in a multiplayer pod. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but has no competitive footprint; three mana for a conditional draw trigger is far too slow against those formats' threat density. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format worth considering if you're pairing Gorbag with a black or red planeswalker that supports token or sacrifice strategies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Gorbag of Minas Morgul is deep bulk — you can pick up a copy without thinking about it. Bulk rares tied to popular Lord of the Rings limited archetypes tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so there's no urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Grub, Storied Matriarch
- Wort, Boggart Auntie
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.