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Rangers of Ithilien

Creature — Human Ranger

Vigilance
When this creature enters, gain control of up to one target creature with lesser power for as long as you control this creature. Then the Ring tempts you.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Price
$0.54
EDHREC rank
#15429
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Rangers of Ithilien card art
Rangers of Ithilien lands and immediately neutralizes the most dangerous creature on the board — tapping it down and stripping its abilities until your next turn, all on a 3/3 vigilance body for four mana. The rate is honest, and in anything that recurs creatures, like a Ratadrabik of Urborg shell, that tap-and-silence effect becomes a repeatable soft lock.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Rangers of Ithilien earns its keep — the format's reliance on powerful activated and triggered abilities means silencing a single creature often swings the whole game state, and four mana for a 3/3 vigilance is a perfectly acceptable rate in a 40-life format. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition at four mana is brutal and Rangers of Ithilien can't keep up with the raw power on offer, so it sees essentially no play there. Modern is similarly unfriendly — the format moves too fast for a tap-down effect that resets at your next turn. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic and is the one other format where it's worth considering.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.54 bulk tier

At $0.54, Rangers of Ithilien is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a dollar bin. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully; it's a casual staple with a narrow competitive ceiling, so grab it cheap and don't overthink it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.