Island

The Hobbit #190

Island - The Hobbit

Type: Basic Land — Island

Card text: ({T}: Add {U}.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Kamila Szutenberg

"The streams shall run in gladness, The lakes shall shine and burn, And sorrow fail and sadness At the Mountain-king's return!"

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.20 USD · $0.24 USD (Foil) · €0.11 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Island in The Hobbit limited

common

Plunder the Trollshaws
Plunder the Trollshaws
Instant

Island provides blue mana for Plunder the Trollshaws, which draws a card normally or two cards when cast from the graveyard via flashback, making Island essential for this card draw spell.

 Confusticate and Bebother
Confusticate and Bebother
Instant

Island provides blue mana for Confusticate and Bebother, which either counters a spell or draws two cards and discards one, both strong blue limited effects.

 Uneasy Partings
Uneasy Partings
Instant

Island provides blue mana for Uneasy Partings, a bounce effect that puts a creature on top or bottom of its owner's library, which is cheaper against attacking nontoken creatures.

uncommon

Sound the Trumpets
Sound the Trumpets
Instant

Island provides blue mana for Sound the Trumpets, a counterspell that also recruits if the countered spell had mana value 2 or less, making Island key for this blue-white strategy.

mythic

Elrond, Moon-Reader
Elrond, Moon-Reader
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Island provides blue mana for Elrond, Moon-Reader, who draws a card whenever you activate a creature ability and can blink permanents, making Island essential for this powerful blue mythic.

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