Warg Tactics

The Hobbit #139

Warg Tactics - The Hobbit

Type: Instant

Mana cost: {1}{G}

Card text: Choose one — • Destroy target creature with flying. • Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains trample and hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Rarity: common

Artist: Adrián Rodríguez Pérez

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.19 USD · $0.25 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✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Warg Tactics in The Hobbit limited

common

Attercop
Attercop
Creature — Spider

Warg Tactics can give Attercop hexproof and a +1/+1 counter to protect it from removal, or destroy a flying creature that Attercop's reach would otherwise handle, making both cards excellent defensive tools.

Ravening Warg
Ravening Warg
Creature — Wolf

Warg Tactics can give Ravening Warg hexproof and trample to push through damage and trigger its ferocious life gain, or destroy a flying blocker to let the Warg attack freely.

Ordinary Bear
Ordinary Bear
Creature — Bear

Ordinary Bear is a vanilla creature that greatly benefits from Warg Tactics giving it hexproof and trample, turning it from a simple blocker into a threatening attacker that is difficult to interact with.

uncommon

Old Fat Spider
Old Fat Spider
Creature — Spider

Warg Tactics can target Old Fat Spider to give it hexproof and trigger its card draw ability, effectively drawing a card while also protecting your Spider from removal for just one mana.

mythic

Beorn the Fierce
Beorn the Fierce
Legendary Creature — Bear Shapeshifter Warrior

Warg Tactics can destroy a flying creature that threatens Beorn the Fierce, or give Beorn hexproof to protect him from targeted removal, keeping your most powerful threat safe while maintaining board control.

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