Mirkwood

The Hobbit #188

Mirkwood - The Hobbit

Type: Land

Card text: This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. {2}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Put two +1/+1 counters on target Bear, Spider, or Wolf you control. Activate only as a sorcery.

Rarity: common

Artist: Leon Tukker

""Stick to the forest-track, keep your spirits up, and hope for the best." —Gandalf"

Released: August 14, 2026

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$0.16 USD · $0.20 USD (Foil) · €0.06 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 Mirkwood in The Hobbit limited

common

Attercop
Attercop
Creature — Spider

Attercop is a Spider with reach and deathtouch that gets +1/+1 from landfall, and Mirkwood provides black and green mana while its sacrifice ability can put two counters on Attercop directly.

 Ravening Warg
Ravening Warg
Creature — Wolf

Ravening Warg is a Wolf with deathtouch and ferocious lifegain, and Mirkwood's sacrifice ability can put two counters on it as a Wolf, making it a bigger ferocious enabler.

 Duskwatch Hunter
Duskwatch Hunter
Creature — Wolf

Duskwatch Hunter is a Wolf that can't be blocked by tokens and puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it enters, and Mirkwood can sacrifice itself to further buff it as a Wolf.

uncommon

Desolation Prowler
Desolation Prowler
Creature — Wolf

Desolation Prowler is a Wolf that can pay 2 life to get +2/+2, and Mirkwood provides the black and green mana needed while its sacrifice ability can put two counters on it as a Wolf.

rare

Head of the Hunt
Head of the Hunt
Creature — Wolf

Head of the Hunt is a Wolf with flash that exiles dying opponent creatures and creates Wolf tokens, and Mirkwood's sacrifice ability can buff it as a Wolf while providing the green mana needed.

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