---
name: "Claim the Precious"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Artur Treffner"
oracle_id: "8b0a0991-2327-45ea-b47f-c31db367fa1d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/claim-the-precious-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Claim the Precious
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature. The Ring tempts you.

> *"I think it is a sad story, and it might have happened to others, even to some Hobbits that I have known."
—Gandalf*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Eviscerate](/printing/eviscerate-dom.md) — Sorcery
2. [Impale](/printing/impale-rix.md) — Sorcery
3. [Bilbo's Deadly Slice](/printing/bilbos-deadly-slice-hob.md) — Instant
4. [Ultimate Price](/printing/ultimate-price-rvr.md) — Instant
5. [Asphyxiate](/printing/asphyxiate-bng.md) — Sorcery
6. [Fell](/printing/fell-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #81
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Artur Treffner
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`