Recurring signal with changing conditions
13 reports from to
Referenced in 13 reviewed reports across 32 days. Reports from Jul 21, 2026 to Aug 22, 2026 repeated 4 signal types around the same canonical context.
Intelligence History
The Hobbit Intelligence History
A chronological record of reviewed Trend Intelligence reports that connected The Hobbit to deckbuilding, product, supply, pricing, or market changes.
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- Reports
- 100 reviewed reports
- First referenced
- Jul 16, 2026
- Latest mention
- Sep 9, 2026
- Signal types
- 9 signal types
- Linked cards
- 189 linked cards
Recurring Signals
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Recurring signal with changing conditions
12 reports from to
Referenced in 12 reviewed reports across 28 days. Reports from Jul 22, 2026 to Aug 19, 2026 repeated 4 signal types around the same canonical context.
Recurring signal with changing conditions
11 reports from to
Referenced in 11 reviewed reports across 28 days. Reports from Jul 22, 2026 to Aug 19, 2026 repeated 4 signal types around the same canonical context.
Printing-specific: this recurring signal applies to the identified version, not every printing.
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Marketplace disagreement
Marketplaces do not agree on Thorin #100. CardTrader's $33.91 U.S. Market reference and $38.58 lowest Near Mint offer sit below TCGplayer's $61.13 Near Mint Market Price and $72 Mid, while the latest visible completed sales are $41. The 2027 default-frame foil is future functional supply, not current #100 inventory.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Player / decklist movement
Belladonna Took appeared in two 5-0 Boros Tokens entries from the August 14 Standard League and a separate 5-1 mono-white test run. That is enough for a Standard player-interest watch, but not enough to call the shell established or the card a price spike.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Marketplace disagreement
Yesterday's Notary Hobbits surge-foil snapshot had $30 sales and only seven TCGplayer listings, but today's direct prices are already lower. That means the premium copy is genuinely thin and volatile, but it is too early to call $30 a stable floor or the card broadly scarce.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Marketplace disagreement
Bolg's Company is becoming a real Great Goblin support card, but TCGplayer currently gives it two different price stories. Its tap-and-sacrifice mana ability is useful in Rakdos Goblins, though it is slower than Skirk Prospector because it must tap and cannot sacrifice itself.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Player / decklist movement
The Eagles Are Coming! can save your creatures from a board wipe and turn each returned creature into a 4/4 flying Bird Soldier on the next upkeep. That makes it protection, self-bounce, and a delayed token payoff in the same card.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Commander brewing
Bard doubles both token creation and every card draw beyond the normal first card of each draw step. That connects it to hundreds of Treasure, token, and card-draw combinations, but the raw combo count does not mean every line is equally practical.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Commander brewing
The Great Goblin wants its Goblins to grow, die, and leave another card behind. The useful shell is Rakdos Goblins with sacrifice outlets and counter payoffs, not just every card with Goblin in the type line.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Commander brewing
Chief of the Wilds gives Wolves two jobs: grow the commander and bring useful triggers that can happen twice. The Battle line is also real, but players still need enough good Battles before that part becomes more than a small package.
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Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Player / decklist movement
The Queen of Dale does more than draw and discard. In token and graveyard decks, recruit can improve the hand, put a useful card in the graveyard, and leave behind a Human Soldier.
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Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Commander brewing
Smaug decks are moving beyond simply making a lot of Treasure. Players are now testing repeatable self-damage and burn loops that turn Smaug's indestructibility into mana and a win condition.
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Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Commander brewing
Smaug the Impenetrable is becoming a real Commander lane rather than a second copy of Smaug the Magnificent. This version wants to damage its own indestructible Dragon and turn that damage into piles of Treasure.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Price movement
There and Back Again is becoming the obvious flavor and synergy card for Smaug decks. The normal copy is still much cheaper than the prerelease and showcase versions, so the version matters more than the card-name headline.
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Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.
Commander brewing
Smaug has enough submitted decks to justify a full Commander page now. The useful support package is already clear: Treasure multipliers, Treasure Dragons, artifact payoffs, and attack support.
Linked as related set context.
Version-specific: compare the exact set, collector number, finish, treatment, and product source before trusting the move.