Palantír of Orthanc
Set & era context
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We track grading economics for 50016 flagship cards today. Coverage of this card activates with our commercial pop-data partner integration. In the meantime, run the optimizer on a covered card to see the math we'll apply here.
Cross-grader pop comparison
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Price history
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Analysis
Palantír of Orthanc sits in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. On the era basket vs S&P 500 picture, this period has returned +39 pp alpha across 19 tracked sealed products, with a basket CAGR of 18.8% against SPXTR's 12.6%.
Current TCGplayer market sits at $3,000. I don't have granular pop or per-grade comps for this card yet, so the grading thesis stays conservative until commercial pop data lands.
Honestly, the call here gets clearer once we have grader-level pop data. Right now the comp tells you what someone paid, not what a graded copy should fetch. Adjacent exposure: Traveling Chocobo, Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements. Both fall in the same era and rarity neighborhood.
Frequently asked questions
Computed from real comps, pop data, era benchmarks, and the grading optimizer. See PSA 10 sold listings on eBay →
- What is the current price of Palantír of Orthanc?
- The current raw market price for Palantír of Orthanc from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is $2,999.99. Source: TCGplayer market price via the Scryfall API.
- Is Palantír of Orthanc worth grading?
- Per-grade comp data is still accumulating for this card. The Cardboard Assets comp pipeline observes active eBay listings nightly and infers sale prices as listings sell — verdict will compute automatically as data lands. Track current raw price above.
- Where does Palantír of Orthanc rank in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth?
- Palantír of Orthanc ranks #2 of 853 tracked cards in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth by raw price. Browse the full set with movers, grading opportunities, and era benchmark at cardboardassets.com/sets/mtg/ltr/.
- Where can I buy Palantír of Orthanc?
- TCGplayer is the highest-liquidity raw-card marketplace — direct link to Palantír of Orthanc #749z on TCGplayer. eBay sold-listings filter shows real recent transaction prices (asking prices alone are noise). Both options linked from the card page.