The Balrog, Durin's Bane
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
This spell costs 1 less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this turn.
Haste
The Balrog can't be blocked except by legendary creatures.
When The Balrog dies, destroy target artifact or creature an opponent controls.
Combos with The Balrog, Durin's Bane
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Phyrexian Altar Sifter of Skulls Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Pawn of Ulamog Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Blight Mound Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Pitiless Plunderer Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Open the Graves Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Ogre Slumlord Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Warbeast of Gorgoroth Infinite
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
- Phyrexian Altar Anax, Hardened in the Forge Infinite
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite commander casts
- Infinite creature tokens
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite storm count
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-06-16
The Balrog, Durin's Bane's first ability can't reduce its cost to less than .
- 2023-06-16
The Balrog, Durin's Bane's first ability counts every permanent that was sacrificed this turn, by any player.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes The Balrog, Durin's Bane, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaalia of the Vast | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mardu 1 deck
Every version of The Balrog, Durin's Bane
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $5.26
- Foil
- $5.35
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $0.52
- Foil
- $2.87
Promo
Tales of Middle-earth Promos
- Foil
- $4.51
Inverted
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $1.35
- Foil
- $1.91
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for The Balrog, Durin's Bane. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
