Great Gilded Boat

The Hobbit #42

Great Gilded Boat - The Hobbit

Type: Artifact — Vehicle

Mana cost: {2}{U}

Card text: Whenever you attack, recruit. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.) Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)

P/T: 4/4

Rarity: rare

Artist: Josu Solano

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.22 USD · $0.30 USD (Foil) · €0.15 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Is Great Gilded Boat good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Great Gilded Boat A tier — premium, first-pick quality. It also placed #2 among blue rares in our community set review, with 1 of 3 reviewers picking it.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for The Hobbit and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review. This set has 3 community reviews so far — treat the community placement as an early signal, not a settled verdict.

Great Gilded Boat Price History & Market Trend

Daily USD and EUR price tracking for Great Gilded Boat (The Hobbit #42), last 30 snapshots.

Over the last 30 days Great Gilded Boat has risen to $0.18, 50.0% below its $0.36 high on 2026-09-17 and 20.0% above its $0.15 low on 2026-10-07.

Current
$0.18
7-day change
0.0%
Period high
$0.36
2026-09-17
Period low
$0.15
2026-10-07
DateUSDEURUSD FoilEUR Foil
2026-09-13 $0.17 0.19€ $0.18 0.22€
2026-09-14 $0.18 0.19€ $0.18 0.23€
2026-09-15 $0.16 0.19€ $0.18 0.23€
2026-09-16 $0.16 0.17€ $0.17 0.24€
2026-09-17 $0.36 0.17€ $0.19 0.24€
2026-09-18 $0.36 0.17€ $0.19 0.23€
2026-09-19 $0.32 0.16€ $0.17 0.23€
2026-09-20 $0.32 0.16€ $0.17 0.24€
2026-09-21 $0.24 0.17€ $0.18 0.24€
2026-09-22 $0.22 0.16€ $0.18 0.21€
2026-09-23 $0.19 0.16€ $0.18 0.21€
2026-09-24 $0.21 0.16€ $0.18 0.21€
2026-09-25 $0.21 0.16€ $0.18 0.25€
2026-09-26 $0.19 0.15€ $0.18 0.25€
2026-09-27 $0.19 0.15€ $0.17 0.25€
2026-09-28 $0.19 0.15€ $0.16 0.25€
2026-09-29 $0.19 0.14€ $0.16 0.25€
2026-09-30 $0.16 0.12€ $0.16 0.24€
2026-10-01 $0.16 0.12€ $0.17 0.24€
2026-10-02 $0.17 0.13€ $0.17 0.22€
2026-10-03 $0.19 0.13€ $0.17 0.25€
2026-10-04 $0.19 0.14€ $0.17 0.23€
2026-10-05 $0.18 0.14€ $0.16 0.24€
2026-10-06 $0.18 0.14€ $0.16 0.24€
2026-10-07 $0.15 0.15€ $0.16 0.23€
2026-10-08 $0.15 0.14€ $0.16 0.22€
2026-10-09 $0.15 0.14€ $0.16 0.22€
2026-10-10 $0.18 0.15€ $0.16 0.2€
2026-10-11 $0.18 0.14€ $0.15 0.21€
2026-10-12 $0.18 0.15€ $0.15 0.23€

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Great Gilded Boat in The Hobbit limited

common

Esgaroth Garrison
Esgaroth Garrison
Creature — Human Soldier

Esgaroth Garrison recruits on entry, generating tokens that can crew the Great Gilded Boat, and its power scales with the number of creatures you control, making the token-generating recruit synergy doubly powerful.

 Long Lake Nuisance
Long Lake Nuisance
Creature — Bird

Long Lake Nuisance recruits on entry, creating a 1/1 token that can help crew the Boat, and the Boat's own recruit trigger on attack keeps generating more tokens and card selection.

 Lake-town Lookout
Lake-town Lookout
Creature — Human Scout

Lake-town Lookout recruits on death, providing a token when it dies that can crew the Boat, and the Boat's attack trigger recruits further, creating a self-sustaining token and card-selection engine.

uncommon

Bard the Bowman
Bard the Bowman
Legendary Creature — Human Archer

Bard the Bowman rewards drawing your second card each turn with a +1/+1 counter and lifelink, and the Boat's recruit trigger on attack frequently draws a second card, activating Bard's ability consistently.

rare

Bard's Company
Bard's Company
Creature — Human Citizen

Bard's Company recruits whenever it enters or attacks, stacking with the Boat's own recruit trigger to generate a flood of tokens and card selection, while also buffing all other creatures you control.

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