The Hobbit Lost Precons - Tastes Like Chicken
deck Tom, Bert, and William
Aug 11, 2026
"Tastes Like Chicken" was designed to look, feel, and taste like chicken... I mean... an official 100 card Magic the Gathering: The Hobbit preconstructed Commander deck.
The deck's face commander is "Tom, Bert, and William", the trolls from my favorite chapter in The Hobbit: "Roast Mutton". These cantankerous trolls argue over the taste of different meat, with William arguing that, "Everything tastes like chicken." Well, this deck aims to provide the trolls with the flavors of the Magic multiverse: Dinosaurs, Demons, Phyrexians, oh my! Play cheap, big creatures, feed them to the trolls, and draw LOTS of cards. Ramp often, overwhelm the board with threats, and close out with HUGE combat damage.
I tried my best to balance budget, mechanical power, and thematic elements as equally as possible in this deck. With a final listed price of $126, I felt I was fairly on point for an average precon deck. There is also a non-bulk value of roughly $60, a decent value I believe. In terms of power-level, I do think Zopandrel and Skullspore push this deck slightly outside of "Precon" range, but that they are decent chase cards for the list, and would benefit from a reprint. My removal suite, board wipes, and mana base are all in line from what I expect from a precon. I would replace some lands if it were my own deck, but scry and gain lands would almost certainly be included in a real precon. Finally, flavor-wise, I strived to include as many Middle-Earth cards as possible without weakening the deck. I also aimed to allow players to replace the face commander with other Middle-Earth Golgari commanders, such as The Hobbit's own "The Chief Warg" as well as Tales of Middle-Earth's "Sméagol, Helpful Guide". Whilst neither of these legends would pilot the deck nearly as well as the face commander, I did think they were serviceable options for deck-tinkerers. I also included some flavorful trolls that would certainly be cut by a skilled deck constructor, but I couldn't remove them myself. Always nice to give players a couple of easy cuts.
I believe this deck would fit right in amongst other powerful Golgari and Universes Beyond precons. I think it has fun and splashy play patterns, without going above and beyond what a precon is capable of. I do hope you found this precon exciting, as the only better taste than chicken, is the taste of victory.
P.S. I snuck a Battlebond land in there for you, Prof. :P
P.P.S. I used Reliquary Tower and Thought Vessel correctly! :D
