The 10 Most Expensive MTG Cards in The Hobbit Set

Kicking disconnected our list, this mentation of The Queen of Dale is sitting astatine $160 and lets you enlistee erstwhile your opponents formed noncreature spells.

Recruit, you say? This mechanic allows you to gully and discard a card, creating a 1/1 achromatic Human Soldier token if you discard a nonland card. You tin swiftly ramp up your broadside of the committee (and your graveyard) if you’re recruiting for each noncreature spell, particularly astatine a outgo of conscionable 2 mana.

9 - Thranduil, the Elvenking (Borderless) (Surge Foil) - $170

Our archetypal publication screen attraction (expect plentifulness more), Thranduil, the Elvenking is simply a 5/6 that has each activated abilities of Elf cards successful your graveyard.

It besides allows you to gully cards and discard a paper erstwhile different legendary Elf enters, making it perfect for typal synergies — and greenish and bluish person a ton of entree to Elves. It’s astir $170.

8 - Thorin, Mountain-king (Borderless) (Surge Foil) - $195

Another publication cover, Thorin, Mountain-King is halfway to the communicative of The Hobbit, and this Dwarf Noble attaches instrumentality to 1 of your creatures for free.

When 1 oregon much pieces of instrumentality go attached to that carnal this way, that carnal deals harm adjacent to its powerfulness to up to 1 people creature. It’s besides a 3/4 assemblage with Trample, and is selling for astir $195.

7 - Smaug the Magnificent (Borderless) - $200

One of the astir striking visuals successful the set, Smaug the Magnificent’s borderless attraction is going for astir $200.

It doesn’t accidental it connected this mentation of the card, but this paper deals harm adjacent to the fig of Treasures you power to immoderate target, beryllium that a carnal oregon a player. And, astatine the opening of your upkeep, you get a Treasure token, too. All of that, positive it’s a 4/3 with flying and haste.

6 - Smaug the Magnificent (Showcase) (Surge Foil) - $225

More Smaug, anyone? Functionally the aforesaid arsenic the above, this mentation shows the fearsome dragon napping connected a heap of golden and treasure.

It’s selling for astir $225 close now.

5 - Bilbo, Thief successful the Night (Showcase) (Surge Foil) - $225

Ah, yet - our cunning burglar Hobbit. Bilbo, Thief successful the Night is simply a 2/2 that reduces the outgo of spells formed from anyplace but your hand. Handily, Bilbo besides does conscionable that erstwhile it attacks.

This mentation is sitting astatine astir $240.

4 - Gandalf, Goblins' Bane (Borderless) (Surge Foil) - £292

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane was ever going to beryllium popular, but this mentation of the iconic Wizard is useful, too. Not lone tin helium beryllium formed arsenic a 2/3 Avatar Wizard who gains +1/+1 with noncreature spells and pings opponents for damage, but helium tin enactment arsenic a Sorcery, too.

Flameshape lets you exile 2 cards from your room and play them arsenic agelong arsenic you power a Wizard. He’s adjacent to breaking the $300 people with this publication screen version.

3 - The Arkenstone (Showcase) (Surge Foil) - $305

The MacGuffin earlier the One Ring, The Arkenstone is simply a Legendary Artifact that powers up your creatures and nets you end-of-turn paper draw.

You tin play it arsenic a Sorcery, too, which lets you hunt for a legendary carnal paper and enactment it into your hand. It’s $305 close now.

2 - The Arkenstone (Borderless) (Surge Foil) - $400

Looking for a antithetic attraction for The Arkenstone? This 1 is adjacent much costly astatine $400!

1 - Gleaming Splendor (Borderless) (Surge Foil) - $530

Going good beyond the $500 people is Gleaming Splendor, an Enchantment that gets you Treasure Tokens arsenic players gully their 2nd paper connected a turn.

As the artwork suggests, this pairs nicely with Smaug, The Magnificent if you’re playing reddish and white, and you tin adjacent wage further mana to unit different players to gully a card. It’s $530 close now.

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