---
name: "Isildur's Fateful Strike"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLTR"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Promos"
collector_number: "91s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "John Di Giovanni"
oracle_id: "a43e98d1-684a-4198-bc7e-877b9f6d5357"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/isildurs-fateful-strike-pltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Isildur's Fateful Strike
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Instant

## Oracle Text
(You may cast a legendary instant only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Destroy target creature. If its controller has more than four cards in hand, they exile cards from their hand equal to the difference.

> *Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron's hand with the hilt-shard of his father's sword, and Sauron himself was overthrown.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hero's Demise](/printing/heros-demise-bok.md) — Instant
2. [Urza's Ruinous Blast](/printing/urzas-ruinous-blast-brc.md) — Legendary Sorcery
3. [Storm Seeker](/printing/storm-seeker-leg.md) — Instant
4. [Legion's End](/printing/legions-end-pm20.md) — Sorcery
5. [Fateful Showdown](/printing/fateful-showdown-kld.md) — Instant
6. [Impose Hierarchy](/printing/impose-hierarchy-ysos.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #91s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** John Di Giovanni
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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