The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth/Holiday Release

The Lord of the Rings Holiday Release
Set Information
Set symbol
Symbol description	A ring on a shield; (same as LTC)
Art direction	Sarah Wassell
Release date	November 3, 2023
Set size	24
Expansion code	LTC
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Holiday Release

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LTC Collector Booster special — Special Edition Collector Booster

In addition to its June 23 release, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth featured a Holiday Release on November 3, 2023.

Description[ | ]

Gollum Obsessed Stalker Scroll frame — Example of Scroll frame

The Holiday Release features four additional Scene Boxes that show off more iconic moments from The Lord of the Rings, Jumpstart, Volume 2 and a Special Edition of Collector Boosters with special alternate art, an alternate "Scroll" card frame and a new type of foil treatment.^[2]^[3] The Scene Boxes each contain 6 borderless scene cards, 3 Set Boosters, 6 Art cards and a paper display easel. Special Edition Collector Boosters do not contain Serialized Ring cards.

While the set is a separate release it remains part of The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Commander decks, using the same expansion symbol () and set code (LTC).

The Holiday release features 24 mechanically unique cards among the scene cards (LTC #491-514).^[4] Twenty new borderless reprints with art of the Brothers Hildebrandt can exclusively be found in the Special Edition Collector Boosters (LTC #515-534). Another 20 borderless cards (LTR #731-750) have a 60's Rock Poster Showcase card treatment, and each of the 20 also has an x/100 serialized version. The entire LTR set and Rares and Mythics from LTC are also available in the "Scroll" card frame (LTR #452-730, LTC #411-490).

Each Special Edition Collector Booster contains a surge foil extended-art rare or mythic rare. In addition, there are double-rainbow foil serialized versions of each Realms and Relics Box Topper. With 100 serialized versions of each card, they're incredibly rare.^[2]

New cards[ | ]

LTR Holiday Scene Box 1 — *Flight of the Witch-King* Scene Box

Each of the new cards features a reused mechanic.^[5]

Scene	Card	Mechanic
Aragorn at Helm's Deep	Andûril, Narsil Reforged	Ascend
	Aragorn, Hornburg Hero	Renown
	Legolas's Quick Reflexes	Split second
	Gimli's Reckless Might	Formidable
	Isengard Unleashed	Flashback
	Rohirrim Chargers	Exert
The Might of Galadriel	Arboreal Alliance	Populate
	Galadriel, Light of Valinor	Alliance
	Rally the Galadhrim	Conspire
	Galadriel's Dismissal	Kicker
	Mists of Lórien	Replicate
	Galadhrim Brigade	Squad
Gandalf in the Pelennor Fields	Olórin's Searing Light	Spell mastery
	Sorcerous Squall	Delve
	Rammas Echor, Ancient Shield	Exalted
	Courageous Resolve	Fateful hour
	Gandalf of the Secret Fire	Suspend
	Fell Beast's Shriek	Splice
Flight of the Witch-King	Call Forth the Tempest	Cascade
	Nazgûl Battle-Mace	Annihilator
	Witch-King Sky-Scourge	Undying
	Mordor on the March	Storm
	Fell Beast of Mordor	Devour
	Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress	Shadow

Skinned cards[ | ]

Five of the Hildebrandt reprints are reskinned.

Lord of the Rings	Original
Théoden, Strength Restored	Kenrith, the Returned King
Shelob, Whose Lair Is Death	Ishkanah, Grafwidow
Treebeard, Eldest of Ents	Doran, the Siege Tower
Edoras, Capital of Rohan	Hammerheim
Tower of Cirith Ungol	Urborg

External links[ | ]

WPN product page.

References[ | ]

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↑ ^a ^b Mike Turian & Adam Styborski (September 22, 2023). "Collecting "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
↑ Magic: The Gathering (June 8, 2023). "The scroll treatments are a sneak peek at some of what's coming in the Holiday release.". Twitter.
↑ 30th Anniversary Panel at GenCon – A Recap of MTG's Past, Present & Future (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 5, 2023).
↑ Tom Marks (September 21, 2023). "Exclusive: Lord of the Rings Returns to Magic: The Gathering with 24 New Cards and Special Boosters". IGN.com.

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[LTR_Collecting-2] Mike Turian & Adam Styborski (September 22, 2023). "Collecting "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

[3] Magic: The Gathering (June 8, 2023). "The scroll treatments are a sneak peek at some of what's coming in the Holiday release.". Twitter.

[GenCon_panel_2023-4] 30th Anniversary Panel at GenCon – A Recap of MTG's Past, Present & Future (Video). Magic: The Gathering. YouTube (August 5, 2023).

[5] Tom Marks (September 21, 2023). "Exclusive: Lord of the Rings Returns to Magic: The Gathering with 24 New Cards and Special Boosters". IGN.com.

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