---
name: "Trading Post"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "288"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Josu Solano"
oracle_id: "63788566-e25a-44bb-bb55-197e1b93b3e8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/trading-post-ltc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Trading Post
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{1}, {T}, Discard a card: You gain 4 life.
{1}, {T}, Pay 1 life: Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Draw a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Thopter Shop](/printing/thopter-shop-prm.md) — Artifact
2. [Springjack Pasture](/printing/springjack-pasture-c13.md) — Land
3. [Tenacious Tomeseeker](/printing/tenacious-tomeseeker-woe.md) — Creature — Human Knight
4. [Gate to the Afterlife](/printing/gate-to-the-afterlife-drc.md) — Artifact
5. [Item Crate](/printing/item-crate-unk.md) — Artifact
6. [Reckoner's Bargain](/printing/reckoners-bargain-plst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #288
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Josu Solano
- **Total Printings:** 62 across all historical editions

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