Large Bear

The Hobbit #159

Large Bear - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Bear

Mana cost: {3}{B/G}{B/G}

Card text: Reach, trample, haste

P/T: 5/5

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Adrián Rodríguez Pérez

""I followed these bear tracks as far as the Carrock. There they disappeared into the river, but the water was too deep and strong beyond the rock for me to cross." —Gandalf"

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.19 USD · $0.26 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 Large Bear in The Hobbit limited

common

Little Bear
Little Bear
Creature — Bear

Little Bear untaps a creature on entry and puts a +1/+1 counter on it if it's a Bear, so it can untap Large Bear after it attacks and put a counter on it, making Large Bear even larger for future combats.

Ordinary Bear
Ordinary Bear
Creature — Bear

Ordinary Bear is a Bear that contributes to the Bear count needed for Beorn the Fierce's draw-two-cards trigger, and alongside Large Bear it helps establish the Bear tribal board presence.

Mirkwood
Mirkwood
Land

Mirkwood can sacrifice itself to put two +1/+1 counters on a Bear, making Large Bear even more of a threat, and it provides the black and green mana needed for a Bear-focused green deck.

uncommon

Beorn's Hospitality
Beorn's Hospitality
Enchantment

Beorn's Hospitality puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature whenever a land enters, and Large Bear with reach, trample, and haste already threatens immediately; the counters make it even larger and harder to block.

mythic

Beorn the Fierce
Beorn the Fierce
Legendary Creature — Bear Shapeshifter Warrior

Beorn the Fierce gives other Bears +2/+2 and can draw two cards when you control three or more Bears; Large Bear with haste and trample becomes a 7/7 trampler immediately under Beorn, threatening massive damage the turn it enters.

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