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Rangers of Ithilien

Creature — Human Ranger2 generic manaBlue manaBlue mana

Blue has been stealing creatures on a stick for a long time: Sower of Temptation set the template of a body that holds a leash, and its own survival keeps the theft alive. This design inherits that leash-to-the-body structure and then bolts two constraints onto it. The first is the lesser-power clause, the ceiling that keeps the effect fair: you can lift a midsized threat but never walk off with the opposing bomb, which makes the swing a tempo play rather than a game-ender. The second is vigilance, and it does more than the keyword suggests, because a Ranger that attacks and still stands to block is guarding the very creature the theft depends on. A steal-on-a-creature effect that could not defend its own life expectancy would evaporate the first time it swung; here the body can pressure and protect in the same turn. The Ring tempts you rider folds the whole package into the emblem progression, so a card built around holding a body also nudges you toward the incremental attacking the Ring rewards, which the vigilance quietly enables. Where an enchantment like Control Magic or Mind Control ties the theft to something removal has to answer at enchantment speed, this rebuilds the effect as a 3/3 with a mortality clock: cheaper to interact with, answerable by any spell that kills a creature, and only as durable as the Ranger carrying it.

Rangers of Ithilien (ltr)
LTR · #66rare
Pricing
Normal: $0.26
Foil: $0.32
Oracle Text

Rules text

Vigilance When this creature enters, gain control of up to one target creature with lesser power for as long as you control this creature. Then the Ring tempts you.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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