Sauron, the Necromancer Price
5 printings · 2 sets · first printed 2023
Sauron, the Necromancer has been printed 5 times across 2 sets, first in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #106 at $0.45, while the most expensive is The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #802 at $17.75 — about 39× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $6.29. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 5x, including dedicated reprint sets like The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth.
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Every Sauron, the Necromancer Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #106 (R) Cheapest | 2023 | $0.45 | $0.03 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #310 (R) | 2023 | $0.70 | $0.10 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #557 (R) | 2023 | $6.29 | $3.25 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos #106s (R) Foil | 2023 | $9.15 | — |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #802 (R) Foil | 2023 | $17.75 | $7.00 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Wraith with menace. At the beginning of the next end step, exile that token unless Sauron is your Ring-bearer.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
5 PrecedentsThe delayed triggered ability will exile the token at the beginning of your next end step unless Sauron, the Necromancer is your Ring-bearer at the time that the ability resolves. If Sauron, the Necromancer leaves the battlefield before the delayed triggered ability resolves, that ability will exile the token, even if Sauron, the Necromancer later returns to the battlefield or you control another copy of Sauron, the Necromancer as your Ring-bearer.
If the exiled card has 
in its mana cost, X is 0.
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
The token is a Wraith instead of its other creature types (and other subtypes if it has any) and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 3/3. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.