Sauron, the Dark Lord (Borderless) (Surge Foil) Price

Updated 2026-08-15

Sauron, the Dark Lord in the Surge Foil Borderless frame is the headline mythic from The Hobbit: Eternal-Legal, Magic's first Tolkien collaboration since The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. The Surge Foil treatment applies a prismatic wave pattern that photographs dramatically, making it the collector variant of record for this printing. As a mythic from a licensed set with an established pop culture IP, Sauron holds crossover appeal that reaches Tolkien fans who never played competitive Magic. Supply is fixed at whatever The Hobbit product was opened, with no reprint path given the licensing constraints typical of IP tie-in sets. The borderless art frames the character at full illustration scale, separating it sharply from the standard frame version. For long-term collectors, this sits at the intersection of licensing-constrained scarcity and premium foil demand, a combination that tends to hold value well past the initial release window.