Palantír of Orthanc 
Legendary Artifact
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Format Legality
ModernLegacyVintageDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Palantír of Orthanc, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1 |
| Modern | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.3 |
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Rarity
- Mythic Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Collector #
- 247
Non-foilFoilBorderless
Other Printings
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
#247
$22.70
Tales of Middle-earth Promos
#247s
$40.64-
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
#381
$22.10
-
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
#698
$47.78
-
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
#749
$122.51
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Palantír of Orthanc
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Dwarven Mine
- 1 Fountainport
- 1 Hammerheim
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 15 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 8 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (13)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Dust Bowl
- 1 Dwarven Mine
- 1 Fountainport
- 1 Hammerheim
- 1 Rishadan Port
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 23 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Tectonic Edge
- 1 Tower of the Magistrate
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 War Room
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (8)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (31)
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Joshua, Phoenix's Dominant
- 1 Ajani, Nacatl Pariah
- 1 Cathar Commando
- 1 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 1 Tithe Taker
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Skyfire Phoenix
- 1 Éowyn, Fearless Knight
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Fury
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 1 Solitude
- 1 Oliphaunt
- 1 Eagles of the North
- 1 Overlord of the Mistmoors
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Greasewrench Goblin
- 1 Esper Sentinel
- 1 Guide of Souls
- 1 Mother of Runes
- 1 Ocelot Pride
Sorceries (4)
Instants (15)
Artifacts (8)
Lands (36)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Ash Barrens
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
- 1 Den of the Bugbear
- 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 6 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 9 Snow-Covered Plains
- 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (11)
Sorceries (2)
Instants (8)
Artifacts (10)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (22)
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kavaron Harrier
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (38)
- 1 Scaled Nurturer
- 1 Emperor of Bones
- 1 Reckless Barbarian
- 1 Neriv, Heart of the Storm
- 1 Drannith Magistrate
- 1 Voice of Victory
- 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
- 1 Realmwalker
- 1 Surrak, Elusive Hunter
- 1 Chameleon Colossus
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Kolaghan Warmonger
- 1 Patron of the Arts
- 1 Simian Spirit Guide
- 1 Swashbuckler Extraordinaire
- 1 Magmatic Hellkite
- 1 Territorial Hellkite
- 1 Thunderbreak Regent
- 1 Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury
- 1 Draconic Muralists
- 1 Stirring Bard
- 1 Thundermane Dragon
- 1 Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
- 1 Fury
- 1 Glorybringer
- 1 Goldspan Dragon
- 1 Obsidian Charmaw
- 1 Twinflame Tyrant
- 1 Dragonlord Dromoka
- 1 Hellkite Courser
- 1 Inferno of the Star Mounts
- 1 Deathrite Shaman
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Ignoble Hierarch
- 1 Noble Hierarch
- 1 Tinder Wall
- 1 Orcish Lumberjack
Sorceries (4)
Instants (13)
Enchantments (2)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (38)
- 1 Arena of Glory
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Bayou
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Bojuka Bog
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Cactus Preserve
- 1 City of Brass
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Commercial District
- 1 Copperline Gorge
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Forest
- 1 Haven of the Spirit Dragon
- 1 Maelstrom of the Spirit Dragon
- 1 Mana Confluence
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Overgrown Tomb
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Savannah
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Snow-Covered Forest
- 1 Snow-Covered Mountain
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Taiga
- 1 Underground Mortuary
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 4
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
- 1 Bomat Courier
- 1 Fear of Missing Out
- 1 Gau, Feral Youth
- 1 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- 1 Magmatic Channeler
- 1 Party Thrasher
- 1 Seasoned Pyromancer
- 1 Broadside Bombardiers
- 1 Detective's Phoenix
- 1 Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- 1 Magus of the Moon
- 1 Screaming Nemesis
- 1 Synth Eradicator
- 1 Tersa Lightshatter
- 1 Pyrogoyf
- 1 Bonehoard Dracosaur
- 1 Fury
- 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
- 1 Grim Lavamancer
- 1 Hired Claw
- 1 Kellan, Planar Trailblazer
Sorceries (7)
Instants (17)
Artifacts (12)
Lands (39)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
- 1 Charming Scoundrel
- 1 Scrapwork Mutt
- 1 Grief
- 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
- 1 Chaos Defiler
- 1 Griselbrand
- 1 Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
- 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
- 1 Magister of Worth
- 1 Ashen Rider
- 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1 Hoarding Broodlord
- 1 Archon of Cruelty
- 1 Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- 1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
- 1 Summon: Bahamut
- 1 Priest of Fell Rites
Sorceries (16)
Instants (12)
Artifacts (6)
Enchantments (8)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (39)
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Badlands
- 1 Blazemire Verge
- 1 Bleachbone Verge
- 1 Blood Crypt
- 1 Bloodstained Mire
- 1 Clifftop Retreat
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Concealed Courtyard
- 1 Dragonskull Summit
- 1 Elegant Parlor
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Godless Shrine
- 1 Graven Cairns
- 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- 1 Haunted Ridge
- 1 Inspiring Vantage
- 1 Isolated Chapel
- 1 Marsh Flats
- 1 Mountain
- 1 Plains
- 1 Plateau
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Raucous Theater
- 1 Reflecting Pool
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 1 Scrubland
- 1 Shadowy Backstreet
- 1 Shattered Sanctum
- 1 Snow-Covered Swamp
- 1 Sunbillow Verge
- 1 Swamp
- 1 Tomb Fortress
- 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
