Lobelia, Defender of Bag End

Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

When Lobelia enters, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down.

, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one —

• Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost.

• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

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Set

Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC #27)

Rarity

Rare

Mana value

3

Released

2023-06-23

Artist

Caroline Gariba

EDHREC rank

#7,239

Colour identity

Finishes

Nonfoil

Served from

Local database

Commander bracket

EDHREC

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Format legality

Rulings

• 2023-06-16

  If Lobelia, Defender of Bag End leaves the battlefield, and later another Lobelia, Defender of Bag End enters the battlefield, it is a new object (even if the two were represented by the same card). You can't play cards exiled by the original Lobelia, Defender of Bag End with the second ability of the new Lobelia, Defender of Bag End.

• 2023-06-16

  If the spell has in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.

• 2023-06-16

  If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost", you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

• 2023-06-16

  To play a card using the permission granted by the first mode of Lobelia, Defender of Bag End's activated ability, you must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can play a land from exile this way only during your main phase while the stack is empty, and only if you have an available land play remaining for the turn.

• 2023-06-16

  You may look at these face-down exiled cards any time you wish. No other player may look at the face-down cards you exiled with Lobelia, Defender of Bag End, even if another player takes control of it.