An exceptional collection of 17 original, hand-painted Magic: The Gathering alters by Eric Klug, one of the most renowned and collectible artists in the MTG alteration community.

This cohesive collection brings the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings to Magic, with Klug transforming carefully selected MTG cards into characters, locations, and iconic imagery from Middle-earth. The underlying cards have been chosen with particular care—their names, colors, abilities, or imagery frequently correspond to the Tolkien subject Klug depicts.

The collection includes:

Characters

Torbran, Thane of Red Fell — Gimli
Tinybones, Trinket Thief — Gollum
Kenrith, the Returned King — Aragorn
Snapcaster Mage — Gandalf

Iconic objects and imagery

Goldspan Dragon — Smaug
Mana Vault — The One Ring
Command Tower — The Eye of Sauron / Barad-dûr

Middle-earth Lands — Complete 10-Card Fetchland Cycle

Klug uses all ten enemy- and allied-color fetchlands as canvases for some of the most recognizable locations and landscapes of Middle-earth:

Windswept Heath — The Shire / Bag End
Flooded Strand — a Middle-earth coastal scene
Polluted Delta — a dark Middle-earth landscape
Verdant Catacombs — Minas Morgul
Misty Rainforest — Rivendell
Bloodstained Mire — Mount Doom / Mordor
Arid Mesa — Minas Tirith
Marsh Flats — the Dead Marshes
Scalding Tarn — the Lonely Mountain
Wooded Foothills — a Middle-earth mountain stronghold

The centerpiece of the group is arguably the complete ten-card fetchland cycle. Rather than simply extending the existing Magic artwork, Klug has reimagined the lands as a visual tour through Middle-earth, creating a remarkably cohesive subset within the larger collection.

Each card is an original work painted directly onto an authentic Magic: The Gathering card. These are not prints, proxies, reproductions, or digitally applied images. Each is a unique, one-of-one Eric Klug artwork.

The character cards are particularly effective pairings: Tinybones becomes Gollum, Torbran becomes Gimli, Kenrith becomes Aragorn, and Snapcaster Mage becomes Gandalf. Mana Vault is transformed into the One Ring, while Command Tower becomes one of Tolkien’s most immediately recognizable images—the fiery Eye of Sauron.

What distinguishes this collection is its scale and cohesion. Klug alters are normally encountered individually. Here, 17 works by the same artist were assembled around a single theme, including a complete ten-card fetchland cycle and several of the most recognizable characters and symbols from The Lord of the Rings.

For collectors of Eric Klug alters, Magic artwork, or Tolkien, this is a substantial one-of-a-kind collection that functions as much as a unified body of original miniature artwork as it does a collection of Magic cards.

All 17 cards are offered together as a single collection.

Eric Klug Lord of the Rings Collection — 17 Original Hand-Painted MTG Alters

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