Thranduil's Decree

The Hobbit #56

Thranduil's Decree - The Hobbit

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U}

Card text: Counter target spell. If a permanent spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may cast that card without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Javier Charro

""I have a right to know what brings you here, and if you will not tell me now, I will keep you all in prison until you have learned sense and manners!""

Released: August 14, 2026

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$0.20 USD · $0.29 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 Thranduil's Decree in The Hobbit limited

common

Uneasy Partings
Uneasy Partings
Instant

Uneasy Partings bounces a creature to the top or bottom of its owner's library, and Thranduil's Decree counters permanent spells and lets you cast them for free, creating a tempo package that disrupts opponents while generating card advantage.

 Confusticate and Bebother
Confusticate and Bebother
Instant

Both are blue instants that provide disruption and card advantage, and Confusticate and Bebother's hard counter mode complements Thranduil's Decree's exile-and-cast effect for a strong counterspell suite in limited.

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

Thranduil's Decree counters a permanent spell and lets you cast it for free, generating mana advantage that can be spent on Elvenking's Harper's evasion ability to make your threats unblockable.

uncommon

Sound the Trumpets
Sound the Trumpets
Instant

Both are blue counterspells that provide additional value beyond just countering, and together they form a powerful disruption package covering different mana values and providing recruit or exile-and-cast bonuses.

rare

Thranduil, the Elvenking
Thranduil, the Elvenking
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Thranduil's Decree exiles countered permanent spells for you to cast for free, and Thranduil the Elvenking draws cards whenever legendary Elves enter, creating a powerful value engine when you cast those exiled legendary permanents.

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