Plunder the Trollshaws

The Hobbit #51

Plunder the Trollshaws - The Hobbit

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}

Card text: Draw a card. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, draw two cards instead. Flashback {3}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Alexander Mokhov

"The swords caught their eyes particularly, because of their beautiful scabbards and jeweled hilts."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.19 USD · $0.36 USD (Foil) · €0.14 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 Plunder the Trollshaws good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Plunder the Trollshaws D tier — below average or highly situational in draft.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for The Hobbit and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review.

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Plunder the Trollshaws in The Hobbit limited

common

Confusticate and Bebother
Confusticate and Bebother
Instant

Both are blue instants/spells that benefit from being in the graveyard or replayed; Confusticate and Bebother's draw mode helps fill the graveyard to enable Plunder the Trollshaws' flashback for the upgraded two-card draw.

Elvenking's Harper
Elvenking's Harper
Creature — Elf Bard

Plunder the Trollshaws provides card advantage to help fuel the mana sink on Elvenking's Harper, and both cards support a blue tempo/card-draw strategy in limited.

Lakeshore Apothecary
Lakeshore Apothecary
Creature — Human Cleric

Plunder the Trollshaws draws cards, and when cast from the graveyard draws two, both triggering Lakeshore Apothecary's second-card-drawn counter ability to grow it into a significant threat.

uncommon

Ravenhill Flock
Ravenhill Flock
Creature — Bird

Ravenhill Flock puts a +1/+1 counter on itself whenever you draw a card, so Plunder the Trollshaws drawing one or two cards (from graveyard) directly pumps it into a large flying threat.

mythic

Bilbo, Thief in the Night
Bilbo, Thief in the Night
Legendary Creature — Halfling Rogue

Bilbo reduces the cost of spells cast from anywhere other than your hand by {1}, making Plunder the Trollshaws' flashback cheaper, and Bilbo can cast it directly from the graveyard when attacking.

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