Stir Up Trouble

The Hobbit #84

Stir Up Trouble - The Hobbit

Type: Sorcery

Mana cost: {B}

Card text: As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature or pay {4}. Destroy target creature.

Rarity: common

Artist: Andreia Ugrai

""I will prepare something particularly uncomfortable for you, Thorin Oakenshield!" —The Great Goblin"

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.13 USD · $0.23 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

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Stir Up Trouble in The Hobbit limited

common

Goblin-town Flunkies
Goblin-town Flunkies
Creature — Goblin Soldier

Goblin-town Flunkies creates an Army token on entry, satisfying Stir Up Trouble's artifact or creature sacrifice requirement without losing a real creature, making the destroy effect essentially free.

Rage into the Valley
Rage into the Valley
Sorcery

Rage into the Valley builds an Army token that can be sacrificed to Stir Up Trouble, and both cards together form a removal package that also generates card and board advantage.

Front Porch Sentries
Front Porch Sentries
Creature — Goblin Soldier

Front Porch Sentries is a cheap creature that can be sacrificed to Stir Up Trouble, and its death trigger weakens an opponent's creature, making the sacrifice doubly impactful.

uncommon

Snowslope Hunter
Snowslope Hunter
Creature — Goblin Ranger

Snowslope Hunter also sacrifices creatures or artifacts for card advantage, and together with Stir Up Trouble they form a flexible sacrifice-based removal and card advantage package in a Goblin deck.

rare

The Sackville-Bagginses
The Sackville-Bagginses
Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

The Sackville-Bagginses rewards sacrificing tokens with life drain and card draw, and Stir Up Trouble's sacrifice requirement synergizes perfectly by turning token sacrifices into removal spells.

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