The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth · #498
eBay prices
Tap for sold & listed comps
Description, catalog fields, rules text, and how it plays—in one place.
eBay sold comps from the Vendor Tools public catalog — tap a condition below to filter sales, or refresh to pull new data into the catalog
Target creature gets -3/-0 until end of turn. Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Abilities, attacks, weakness & resistance
Other cards from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Share your thoughts on this card — condition, value, pull rates, etc.
to comment.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
Deceive the Messenger (LTR-498) is a blue Instant from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. It gives target creature -3/-0 until end of turn and instructs you to amass Orcs 1, putting a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control or creating a 0/0 black Orc Army token first if you control none. The card supports incremental board growth via amass while also providing a tempo effect by weakening an attacking or blocking creature.
Catalog pricing data as of 30 Apr 2026, 11:43
