Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing

The Hobbit #44

Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Human Citizen // Instant — Adventure

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U} // {3}{U}

Card text: Vigilance Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.) // Exile two target creatures and/or lands you control, then return them to the battlefield under their owner's control.

P/T: 6/5

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Wei Guan

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.17 USD · $0.25 USD (Foil) · €0.02 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

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing in The Hobbit limited

common

Mirkwood Nurturer
Mirkwood Nurturer
Creature — Elf Ranger

Gone Fishing can target Mirkwood Nurturer itself to bounce it back to hand, then recast it to trigger its enter ability again and put another +1/+1 counter on it, generating repeated value.

Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
Bilbo Baggins, Burglar // Take a Glance
Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue // Sorcery — Adventure

Gone Fishing can blink Bilbo Baggins to retrigger his draw-a-card enter ability, and Lake-town Mariners itself has ward {2} making it hard to remove while providing a resilient body.

uncommon

Silvan Reveler
Silvan Reveler
Creature — Elf Citizen

Gone Fishing exiles and returns two permanents, which can reset Silvan Reveler to trigger its landfall ability again or allow it to return from the graveyard via its own ability, creating flexible value.

Elven Raft-Steerer
Elven Raft-Steerer
Creature — Elf Pilot

Gone Fishing exiles and returns lands you control, triggering Elven Raft-Steerer's landfall ability to tap an opponent's creature or untap one of yours, generating tempo while also resetting any enters-the-battlefield effects.

rare

Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
Enchantment — Saga

Gone Fishing can target Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll itself to exile and return it, resetting the Saga to chapter I and generating repeated blink effects, creating an engine of recurring enters-the-battlefield triggers.

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