Pinecone Strike

The Hobbit #107

Pinecone Strike - The Hobbit

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}

Card text: Choose one or both — • Pinecone Strike deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead. • Destroy target artifact token.

Rarity: common

Artist: Javier Charro

"The pinecones burst on the ground in the middle of the circle of wolves and went off in colored sparks and smoke."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.15 USD · $0.24 USD (Foil) · €0.04 EUR

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Format Legality

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

Is Pinecone Strike good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Pinecone Strike B tier — a strong, solid playable. It also placed #1 among red commons in our community set review, with 2 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.

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Pinecone Strike in The Hobbit limited

common

Ravening Warg
Ravening Warg
Creature — Wolf

Ravening Warg has deathtouch, so Pinecone Strike targeting it to deal 3 damage to a creature means even a 3-toughness creature dies to the combination, and the exile clause prevents regeneration or death triggers.

Attercop
Attercop
Creature — Spider

Attercop has deathtouch, so using Pinecone Strike to give it +3 damage effectively kills any creature it fights or blocks, and the exile clause prevents graveyard recursion on the killed creature.

Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Bilbo's Deadly Slice
Instant

Pinecone Strike and Bilbo's Deadly Slice together give a red-black or multicolor deck two instant-speed removal spells, with Pinecone Strike handling smaller creatures cheaply and exiling them to prevent recursion.

Magnificent End
Magnificent End
Instant

Magnificent End deals 5 damage to a tapped creature at reduced cost, and Pinecone Strike can handle smaller creatures or artifact tokens, giving a deck comprehensive removal coverage at instant speed.

rare

Stone-Giant of High Pass
Stone-Giant of High Pass
Creature — Giant

Stone-Giant of High Pass creates Stone Boulder artifact tokens, and Pinecone Strike can destroy those artifact tokens if needed, but more importantly both cards provide damage-based removal in the same red archetype.

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