Intelligence History
A chronological record of reviewed Trend Intelligence reports that connected Gandalf, Party Guest to deckbuilding, product, supply, pricing, or market changes.
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Recurring Signals
Exact-print recurring signal
Referenced in 4 reviewed reports across 37 days. Reports from Jul 31, 2026 to Sep 6, 2026 repeated 3 signal types around the same canonical context.
Printing-specific: this recurring signal applies to the identified version, not every printing.
Multiple signal types
Referenced in 4 reviewed reports across 37 days. Reports from Jul 31, 2026 to Sep 6, 2026 repeated 3 signal types around the same canonical context.
Exact-print recurring signal
Referenced in 3 reviewed reports across 33 days. Reports from Jul 31, 2026 to Sep 2, 2026 repeated 2 signal types around the same canonical context.
Printing-specific: this recurring signal applies to the identified version, not every printing.
Reviewed Reports
Wizard's Staff is selling heavily, but its price is barely moving and more than two thousand regular Hobbit copies remain available on Cardmarket. Gandalf, Party Guest is the clearest Commander driver, using the Equipment in 76% of current lists because it doubles the equipped creature's triggered abilities.
This commander was named in the trend.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Cadric has moved from roughly four dollars into the high teens because Thorin, Gandalf, and other legend-heavy decks keep finding reasons to copy their best legendary permanents. The move has real sales behind it, but CardTrader seller depth still needs a fresh check before calling the card broadly scarce.
This commander was named in the trend.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Bilbo's Gambit can return a spell and shut off further spellcasting for the turn, but it shuts you off too. That makes it better in decks that can win through permanents or activated abilities than in decks that expect a long counterspell fight.
This commander was named in the trend.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
The Hobbit commanders are no longer moving as one group. The two Smaug cards and Thranduil lead the field, while Gandalf, Beorn, The Great Goblin, and Thorin form the next group worth checking for repeated support-card packages.
This commander was named in the trend.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
The Hobbit commanders are beginning to separate into clear tiers. Smaug the Magnificent, Smaug the Impenetrable, and Thranduil already have four-figure deck counts, while Gandalf, Thorin, Beorn, and The Great Goblin form the next group.
This commander was named in the trend.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
