---
name: "Mordor Trebuchet"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Wall"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Alexander Forssberg"
oracle_id: "8a8e0d0a-1101-45b6-8f70-1de2c07bc369"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mordor-trebuchet-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mordor Trebuchet
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
Whenever you attack with one or more Goblins and/or Orcs, create a 2/1 colorless Construct artifact creature token with flying named Ballistic Boulder that's tapped and attacking. Sacrifice that token at end of combat.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Fire Navy Trebuchet](/printing/fire-navy-trebuchet-tla.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall
2. [Boulder Jockey](/printing/boulder-jockey-mb2.md) — Creature — Goblin
3. [Gorbag of Minas Morgul](/printing/gorbag-of-minas-morgul-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Soldier
4. [Sokenzan Smelter](/printing/sokenzan-smelter-neo.md) — Creature — Goblin Artificer
5. [Goblin Slingshot](/printing/goblin-slingshot-ust.md) — Artifact — Contraption
6. [Goblin Kaboomist](/printing/goblin-kaboomist-plst.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #97
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Alexander Forssberg
- **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: `legal`