Scroll of Isildur
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Gain control of up to one target artifact for as long as you control this Saga. The Ring tempts you.
II — Tap up to two target creatures. Put a stun counter on each of them.
III — Draw a card for each tapped creature target opponent controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.60
- EDHREC rank
- #5097
Scroll of Isildur enters the battlefield and immediately triggers every saga ability you control — that's free lore counters, free chapter effects, free progress toward your sagas' final lines. Tom Bombadil turns those triggers into card draw, making Scroll of Isildur one of the most efficient engine pieces in that deck at any price.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tom Bombadil
Tom Bombadil draws a card the first time a saga's lore counter triggers each turn, so Scroll of Isildur entering and firing all your sagas at once converts directly into a hand refill. The 58% inclusion rate reflects how cleanly Scroll of Isildur fits the core loop.
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown cares about tapping your opponents' creatures, and Scroll of Isildur's saga triggers can advance chapters on sagas that produce those tap effects. At 29% inclusion, it's doing real work in decks that need reliable chapter advancement to keep Hylda's ability firing.
Galadriel of Lothlórien
Galadriel of Lothlórien rewards the Ring tempting you, and several Tolkien-universe sagas on that track have Ring-tempting chapters — Scroll of Isildur accelerates you through them faster. It's a lower-synergy include at 17%, but it earns its slot in builds leaning hard into the Ring mechanic.
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 |
Scroll of Isildur is a Commander card through and through — the saga density required to make it good simply doesn't exist in competitive 60-card formats. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but irrelevant; no constructed deck runs enough sagas to justify a three-mana artifact with no immediate board impact outside that context. Commander is where Scroll of Isildur belongs, specifically in saga-tribal builds where even two or three active sagas turn its enters-the-battlefield effect into a multi-trigger engine piece. Oathbreaker shares the same multiplayer logic and could support it in a saga-focused shell, though the smaller deck size makes that harder to build around.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.60 bulk tier
At $0.60, Scroll of Isildur sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it an easy inclusion decision for any saga-heavy Commander deck — you're not spending real money to test it. Bulk rares tied to specific tribal or theme builds tend to stay cheap unless a breakout commander spikes demand, so don't expect the price to move significantly.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tom Bombadil
- Hylda of the Icy Crown
- Galadriel of Lothlórien
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.