Intelligence History
A chronological record of reviewed Trend Intelligence reports that connected Thranduil, the Elvenking to deckbuilding, product, supply, pricing, or market changes.
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Recurring Signals
Exact-print recurring signal
Referenced in 11 reviewed reports across 39 days. Reports from Jul 23, 2026 to Aug 31, 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 11 reviewed reports across 39 days. Reports from Jul 23, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 repeated 3 signal types around the same canonical context.
Multiple signal types
Referenced in 8 reviewed reports across 34 days. Reports from Jul 28, 2026 to Aug 31, 2026 repeated 3 signal types around the same canonical context.
Reviewed Reports
My Precious is still changing hands often, but the regular card is getting cheaper instead of tighter. TCGplayer shows 2,553 sales in its three-month snapshot while the regular price tracker is down about 14.7% over seven days and Cardmarket still has more than two thousand base copies.
This commander was named in the trend.
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Thranduil is pushing Immaculate Magistrate higher because Magistrate plus Devoted Druid in the graveyard lets Thranduil repeatedly add counters and untap. The price move is real, but the card has enough reprints that supply is still much deeper than the spike headline suggests.
This commander was named in the trend.
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Modern Devoted Druid pushed Tyvar from roughly $1.36 to around five dollars, but Europe still has more than a thousand copies of the regular ONE printing available. The price move is real; broad global scarcity is not.
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Thranduil has passed 6,400 submitted decks, and Buried Alive is still in roughly seven out of ten lists because it loads the Elf abilities the commander wants into the graveyard. The same support package keeps surviving new deck submissions instead of fading after release.
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Thranduil has passed 5,500 decks, and Buried Alive is still in about seven out of ten lists. The same Elf ability package keeps surviving each new wave of submissions, making it established deck structure rather than preview-season theory.
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Tyvar has kept climbing after its first Hobbit-driven move, and Thranduil is only part of the story. Fifty-six percent of current Thranduil lists use Tyvar, while Modern Devoted Druid combo gives the same card a second reason to stay in demand.
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Tyvar #202 has a real price-movement watch, but the strongest current numbers are references and listings rather than a fresh sequence of completed sales. Check the regular nonfoil before comparing it with Double Exposure #353 or textured-foil #408.
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Thranduil has passed five thousand submitted decks, and Buried Alive is still in nearly three out of four lists. The package survived release because Buried Alive loads the Elf abilities Thranduil wants into the graveyard; the card itself still has several well-supplied printings.
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Thranduil is approaching five thousand decks, and Buried Alive is still in nearly three out of four lists because it loads the Elf abilities the commander wants into the graveyard. The repeated package is surviving release instead of fading with preview hype.
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Vannifar has jumped from roughly two dollars to the mid-teens because two new commanders want its creature-sacrifice tutor ability. The price move is real, but TCGplayer still shows hundreds of copies, so this looks like strong new demand without current broad scarcity.
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Thranduil has passed 4,400 decks, and Buried Alive is still in nearly three out of four lists because it can load the Elf abilities the commander needs for combo lines. The repeated package is becoming clearer after release instead of disappearing with preview hype.
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Thranduil has become The Hobbit's most-built new commander, and Buried Alive is showing up in nearly three out of four lists for a specific reason. It can put the Elf abilities Thranduil needs for its combo directly into the graveyard instead of functioning as generic graveyard value.
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Elrond's extended-art Market Price says $28.15, but its latest TCGplayer sale is only $12.16. The regular copy does not have that problem, and strong Thranduil adoption means the issue looks more like a lagging premium price metric than missing player demand.
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Elrond is already in more than half of the current Thranduil lists, but the regular TCGplayer Market Price is higher than extended art. That is a prerelease warning: the regular page is around $54 while extended art is around $33 and its latest sale is much lower.
This commander was named in the trend.
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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.
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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.
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Thranduil has moved beyond ordinary Elf value decks. Buried Alive can load three specific Elves into the graveyard and turn Thranduil into an infinite-mana and card-draw engine.
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Elf players have two new Hobbit cards to check for Thranduil, Lathril, and Marwyn lists. Cantankerous Keepers reloads from a deck with enough Elves, while Down in the Valley adds land setup, Elf tokens, and a temporary team push.
This commander was named in the trend.
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Smaug the Magnificent, Smaug the Impenetrable, Thranduil, The Great Goblin, and Beorn are the Hobbit commanders to check first. The counts show Commander brewing attention, not seller loss, price movement, or confirmed demand.
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Thranduil has enough submitted decks to justify a full Commander page. The early lists are not merely Elf good-stuff decks; they repeatedly combine Elf mana with combo and graveyard packages.
This commander was named in the trend.
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