Lost to Legend
Instant
Put target nonland historic permanent into its owner's library fourth from the top. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #10455
Lost to Legend exiles a legendary permanent and every other permanent with the same name — clean, permanent removal that hits commanders and token copies alike for three mana at sorcery speed. Éowyn, Shieldmaiden decks run it because the Legend-heavy Lord of the Rings environment means you're almost always getting full value out of the exile clause.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden
Éowyn, Shieldmaiden wants her opponents' legendary creatures dead, and Lost to Legend does the job permanently while also sweeping out any token copies of that legend that might be floating around — a clean answer that fits the deck's threat-denial gameplan.
Aragorn, King of Gondor
Aragorn, King of Gondor plays in a legend-dense slice of the color pie where opposing commanders regularly need to be answered, and Lost to Legend is one of the few pieces of removal in Boros that can reach artifacts and enchantments with legendary status while still dealing with creatures.
Frodo, Sauron's Bane
Frodo, Sauron's Bane decks often need targeted interaction that can cleanly answer a Sauron or another high-impact legendary without letting it recur, and Lost to Legend's exile clause ensures the threat stays gone regardless of recursion.
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 Lost to Legend actually earns its slot — exiling a commander is categorically stronger than destroying it, and the name-matching clause occasionally nukes a token copy alongside the original. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but invisible; those formats move too fast for a three-mana sorcery that only hits legendaries to compete with Swords to Plowshares and Force of Will. Lost to Legend is strictly a Commander card that happens to have Legacy and Vintage printings on the legal list.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Lost to Legend is outright bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if it fits your legendary-heavy meta. Bulk removal with a narrow type restriction rarely climbs in price, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.