Lost Hobbit contest winners and decks

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Sep 8, 2026

Most of the cards are from the Hobbit or LOTR set I made it so it works with either Dáin of the Ancient Halls or Thorin, King of Durin's Folk in the command zone I wanted a Deck with a focus on all the Dwarves from those 2 sets.

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Aug 28, 2026

Got most of these cards at the flea market for dirt cheap, and the rest from the hobbit pre release, so my focus here is a good elf sinergy without breaking the bank with any to expensive card, msot of these are worth cents, a few get to 5 or 10 bucks but you can probably get them cheaper at your LGS

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 26, 2026

I've never actually played MTG but got some of the cards for Hobbit since I love the LOTR. No idea if this deck is even playable but went with what seems like it would surround Radagast with as many animals as possible. Also, cost reflects trying to stay with LOTR as much as possible and Radagast vibes.

Bifur, Melodic Rider

Aug 25, 2026

All thirteen members of Thorin's Company are represented; leave no dwarf behind! “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 25, 2026

Bilbo stole all the equipment for himself! Watch him draw a bunch of cards, avoid all his opponents moves, and swing for face (along with two alternative versions of himself)?!

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 25, 2026

The Hobbit Precon — Sage of the Journey (Adventure theme) Join Gandalf on an unexpected journey where every spell can lead to another adventure. Build your fellowship of Wizards and use the Ring tempts you to turn unlikely companions into legendary heroes, increasing the power of Gandalf’s spellcasting and letting you cast powerful spells for free. Send your creatures on Adventures again and again by returning them to your hand, or bring their stories back from the graveyard with cards like Bilbo, Thief in the Night, Diviner of Mist, and Invoke Calamity. Fill your graveyard with Glamdring, Foe-hammer and Most Decrepit Old Bird, turning discarded Adventures into future opportunities. Control the battlefield by bouncing opposing creatures while recycling your own Adventure creatures for another journey. Cards like Barrin, Master Wizard, Press the Enemy, and Baral’s Expertise turn that disruption into additional value and free spells. As your Wizards gather, Balmor, Battlemage Captain and Adeliz, the Cinder Wind transform every spell into a rallying cry for your fellowship. Harmonic Prodigy and Wizard’s Staff amplify their abilities, allowing one spell to trigger an entire chain of effects. Cast for free. Return and replay your Adventures. Double your Wizard triggers. And when the journey seems over, find another way to begin it again.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 25, 2026

Burrahobbit Meal ||| Animate Food Tokens | Sacrifice Blockers ||| Zipper: Warning: May contain spiders ||| Pamphlet: Take advantage of Tom, Bert, and William’s unique ability to endure after death with a simple artifact animation loop. Use them to block a big creature, then when they come back as an artifact, turn them back into an artifact creature and repeat the loop. Piggybacking on that, and to keep with the story beat, we’ve included Food token generation. Animate your Food tokens so that they can be used for life gain or let Tom, Bert, and William eat it for card draw. Don’t let a tasty Hobbit go to waste! Speaking of sacrificing creatures, did you know that you can sacrifice your chump blockers after the declare blockers step? While they won’t do damage to the attacking creature, the attacker is still considered blocked, and you still get a nice payout! Look for other ways to sacrifice your creatures at instant speed, like before targeted removal, or even a board wipe. Just remember that you can’t sacrifice a creature that has already been paid as a sacrifice to activate another ability. Wolf (Warg) is the dominant type in this deck, so don’t be shy about taking a bite! And don't forget to pump the power level of your creatures because the "Ferocious" keyword is activated when a creature of power 4 or more is under your control. These are great for sacrificing for card draw in a pinch. Finally, are you tired of playing the same commander? Try Gloomweaver, the Great Spider Who Enmeshes <Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest> as a secondary commander. ||| A note to TCC judges: I was inspired to build this deck when I pulled Tom, Bert, and William as my promo card in pre-release and used it to win a game. I also remember sitting in the Las Vegas convention hall with my friends when they announced it as the first Hobbit card to be featured, so I have a soft spot for those lovable trolls. The deck price is a little higher than I would like, but I think of some of it is inflation due to the Hobbit cards being unreleased and some of it is just my wish fulfillment for WotC to reprint some stuff. I think the power level of this deck is squarely bracket 2, with ramp being on the weaker side given how many higher mana cost cards there are. But I hope that having a ton of card draw makes up for it in the middle and latter parts of the game. I hope you enjoy looking at my flavorful card choices as much as I enjoyed putting it together! Decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/25264582/burrahobbit_meal_tcc_hobbit_precon_entry

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 25, 2026

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 24, 2026

Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

Aug 24, 2026

Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer leads the Company from Bag End to the Lonely Mountain and, if all goes well, back home again. Gather the Company, collect the artifacts and stories of the journey, and become Storied as your adventure unfolds. Follow Thrór's Map, wield Sting, sneak through the Side-Door, and recover the friends and belongings lost along the way with Bilbo's ability. When you finally reach Erebor, turn the treasures and memories of your journey into the strength to survive the Battle and return to the Shire. This isn't Dwarf tribal, Treasure tribal, or Voltron. It's a precon-style retelling of Bilbo's adventure: assemble the Company, walk the Road, become Storied, face the Dragon, and come home.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 24, 2026

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 24, 2026

We are playing Radagast as any true Wizard would: control style. We use Radagast's flash enabling and cost reduction to cast creatures that disrupt our opponents. Good green staples like Timeless Witness, Reclamation Sage, Druid of Purification become amazing with Radagast, being able to play them at instant speed they work better than premium removal and recursion. They also become not only instant-speed removal but potential blockers that can get rid of smaller creatures that dare come our way. Acidic Slime is amazing here as it can easily two-for-one a cheeky opponent that is brave enough to attack us. A lot of our ramp comes in the form of 2-mana colourless creatures as these can be cast for free on our opponents' turns if we see the chance. Without say, Radagast is essential to our plan, so we need to protect him at all costs with cards like Tyvar's Stand, Tamiyo's Safekeeping or Mithril Coat. Playing at instant speed also allows us to play defensive cards like Hornet Nest or Broodhatch Nantuko if any opponent dares come at us. We also have a toolbox element in our deck that will let us answer trouble cards. Cards like Chord of Calling, Birthing Pod or Formidable Speaker will let us tutor for enchantment, artifact or creature removal as needed. We run some utility creatures as well. Temur Sabertooth allows us to bounce our own creatures to reuse ETB triggers. Saryth, the Viper's Fang gives all our untapped creaures hexproof and turns our attacking creatures into menacing deathtouchers. As any good control deck would, we also need to keep a cards in hand with answers to our opponents' threats. Traditional green card draw like Beast Whisperer and, Guardian Project or Lifecrafter's Bestiary make sure we replace the creatures we play with additional cards. We also have big card draw in the form of Regal Force or Return of the Wildspeaker and Glademuse seems like a card made for this deck. As any other self-respecting green mage, we use fight effects attached to our creatures like Thorn Mammoth to get rid of our opponents'. Apex Altisaur is our instant-speed board wipe. Ezuri's Predation works as a partial board wipe and wincon in this deck. And speaking of wincons, as any other good green mage, we win through good ol' combat damage. We pick cards like Pathbreaker Ibex or Thunderfoot Baloth over their more traditional, and usually more powerful, Craterhoof due to being able to cast this at instant speed at the end of our opponents' turns. But, as any good spell-slinging Wizard, ending the game with a powerful sorcery is only in line. If we have been able to control the board well enough, a Biorhythm should be devastating to our opponent's life totals, letting us then attack with whatever creatures we have for the win. Oh, and we also couldn't really call ourselves a control deck if we didn't run at least one counterspell. That's why we run Avoid Fate to counter any instant-speed interaction directed at our creatures. Notes: If you woud like for this deck to feel more like a precon you can take out the game changers - Biorhythm and Seedborn Muse, for Shamanic Revelation and your overrun effect of preference to make it officially bracket 2. Then, you can take out the more expensive lands like Nykthos and Boseiju for two forests or cheap utility lands of your preference. You can also substitute some of the more expensive spells like Green Sun's Zenith for Fauna Shaman, Birthing Pod for Eldritch Evolution, Apex Altisaur for Foe-Razer Regent, Guardian Project for Harmonize, Tribute to the World Tree for Elemental Bond, Avoid Fate for Bushwhack, Tamiyo's Safekeeping for Horrid Vigor and Mithril Coat for Gaea's Gift. These changes should shave off around $200-$250 the total price of the deck as well.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 24, 2026

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 24, 2026

Thorin gathers his Company, equips them for the journey, builds the hoard, becomes Storied, and leads the Company back to Erebor. I wanted to build Thorin because he seemed really interesting, and I honestly didn’t see many people building him. Since this is a creativity-focused contest, I figured I might as well give him a shot and build the deck around what makes Thorin and the Company unique. The gameplan is pretty simple: gather the Dwarves, equip them, build up the hoard, and eventually let Thorin lead the charge. The deck has a ton of Dwarves and Equipment to make the Company actually feel like a Company, while cards like Magda help build up the Treasure hoard along the way. I tried to keep the deck around the price and power level of a precon while still making it feel like its own thing. I didn’t just want to make another Boros Equipment deck, I wanted it to actually feel like The Company from The Hobbit!

Fíli and Kíli, Joyous

Aug 24, 2026

An Ale and a Tale is a Dwarf-themed Commander precon about gathering the company, gearing them up for adventure, and turning their exploits into stories worth telling over a pint. Fíli and Kíli help cast the Dwarves, Equipment, and Sagas that make up those adventures, while legendary Dwarves and splashy Equipment provide the memorable moments you’d expect from a real preconstructed deck.

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 24, 2026

Smaug's indestructible so we just keep hitting him for treasure lol, dwarves finally get their gold back by literally billing the dragon for damages. book says "there and back again" this deck says "there and cash out again"

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 24, 2026

If Wizards reprinted every strong treasure card for a precon. Burn Smaug over and over to gain treasures and bleed your opponents, then use mana from treasures for huge payoffs.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 24, 2026

Hit hard and hit fast by keeping you opponents creatures off the board and pressure on there life.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 24, 2026

Who says tyrants can't be generous? - At the helm of your deck lies a sleeping Smaug, with 13 dwarves included that are sure to wake the wicked worm. Gift artifacts to your opponents and build your treasure horde when Smaug comes to collect.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 24, 2026

Bard the Bowman

Aug 24, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 24, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 24, 2026

Beorn with a passing nod toward budget constraint. A few varied effects to help maintain card draw and accelerate the board, while just putting out lots of bears. Plus things that aren't bears can become bears! Everybody party at The Carrock tonight!

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 24, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 24, 2026

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 24, 2026

Gandalf, Shadow's Foe

Aug 24, 2026

Fíli and Kíli, Joyous

Aug 24, 2026

Historic spells syngery with a Treasure sub-theme

The Chief Warg

Aug 24, 2026

Wolves are stronger when they hunt in a pack. Build a board of ferocious beasts and double all their triggers to overwhelm your opponents.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 24, 2026

It likes riddles?

Kíli the Resourceful

Aug 24, 2026

This is a mono white dwarves and equipment deck. Kíli is basically Puresteel Palladin in the Command zone. He almost guarantees a draw each turn. Any Legendary Dwarf can be a good alternate commander, example: Fíli or Dáin. The deck can go both wide and tall based on how you play it. Avoided equipment that gives shroud in case you want to go tall.

Dáin of the Ancient Halls

Aug 24, 2026

​Smaug thought he could just lounge on a pile of gold in Erebor and call it a day, but he forgot the most dangerous force in Middle-earth: an aggressive, fully weaponized IRS audit conducted by armed, knee-high bureaucrats. ​Smaug’s Tax Audit is a high-octane Boros aggro and equipment preconstructed deck designed to seize assets first and ask questions later. Led by the lawful fury of Dáin of the Ancient Halls (and backed by the heavy-hitting company of Thorin, Dwalin, Glóin, and Fíli), this build turns hoard-building into direct-damage leverage. We aren't just sitting on Treasure—we are spending it, multiplying it, and throwing it directly back at our opponents' faces. ​How the Audit Plays: ​Asset Collection: Generate massive liquid capital using key accountants like Magda, Brazen Outlaw, Glóin, Dwarf Emissary, and Rain of Riches alongside classic Treasure engines (Strike It Rich, Goldvein Pick, Goldspan Dragon). ​Liquidating the Dragon's Hoard: Turn all that hardware into lethal board states. The Arkenstone, Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver, Leyline Axe, and Genji Glove dress up our low-profile auditors into single-swing board threats. ​Seizing the Premises: Dictate combat with explosive extra-attack phases and board wipes designed to clear out tax dodgers while keeping our armored accountants intact (Relentless Assault, Great Train Heist, Final Showdown, Expel the Interlopers). ​Whether you’re reclaiming the Lonely Mountain’s wealth or simply repossessing your opponent’s life total, this deck proves that when the Iron Hills come to audit, nobody gets to keep their gold. Pay up or get trampled!

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 24, 2026

Bolg of the North

Aug 24, 2026

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 24, 2026

a deck that tries to mitigate the feels bad of setting up your board only to have it wiped dwalin provides incremental aggro that is somewhat resistant to board wipes while having a suite of protection spells that double as proliferation when dwalin is on the battlefield. Let dwalins armory work for you and watch the horror in your enemies eyes when the metal abominations with several hone counters and keywords swing with reckless abandon

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 24, 2026

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 24, 2026

Make treasures, summon Smaug, target him with damage spells/abilities, profit. Literally.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 24, 2026

The deck focuses on leveraging gandalf's triggered ability to close out games using big sorcery effects at instant speed during combat, unlocking the use of powerful sorceries, that are usually slower and locked in the main phases, as the ultimate combat tricks. To achieve this there's a big supply of legendary wizards, and a sub-theme of creature token generators to maximize the player's boardstate while looking for big finishers using small cantrips, helping defend the valuable wizards that enable gandalf. The strategy is to set up a boardstate with at least 2 legendary wizards (to cast 6 mana sorceries), or 3-4 for the bigger sorceries (8 to 10 mana), and then play gandalf to deploy a big sorcery at instant speed during combat. Its a really fun deck to learn to play spellslinger-go-wide strategies, and its pretty straighforward with what it wants to do: draw cards, create tokens and go out with a blast. Hope you enjoy it!

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 24, 2026

Use Smaug's treasure hoard to do a ton of fun little things. Make treasures by doing things, spend those treasures to do more things, and use some recursion to get more out of Smaug's stash. End the game with commander damage or by casting huge fireballs.

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 24, 2026

The Precise Tactics precon has you leading an army of your very own. With Bard, Heir of Girion as your commander, you will amass troops and use well placed interaction to overwhelm and outwit your opponents for a decisive victory. This deck plays to Bard's strengths with early aggressive creatures and powerful combat protection like Reconnaissance - ensuring you will consistently draw cards with Bard and hit other strong attack triggers starting the turn he enters play. Tempo is the name of the game here. While your opponents are busy ramping passively, you will use your early board lead and consistent resource gain to develop your board further and hold up mana for your choice of instant speed mana outlets and instant speed board protection to weather your opponents' attemps at wrathing your advantage away. Once you're ahead, you'll be near enough to unstoppable.

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 24, 2026

Bard, Heir of Girion really stands out as a humans/archers tribal commander who can run as a small built-in anthem or card draw engine. As Bard looses the fateful arrow to kill Smaug (spoilers…sorry), I wanted the deck to feel like you’re firing arrows at people by tapping archers at instant speed and pinging for damage on their turns! In addition to some archers (Dawnray Archer, Arbalest Elite, Stalking Leonin, Elite Archers) I’ve included other printings of Bard (Bard, King of Dale & Bard the Bowman), a few bows (Fyndhorn Bow, Short Bow, Viridian Longbow), the famous Black Arrow itself, and the classic, Walking Ballista for some extra archery shenanigans. Bard’s card draw engine is a little stronger than the anthem, so we will ramp to him and play him out quickly to start attacking and drawing cards. We have a ton of “whenever you draw your second card” effects to keep the train running, including Wizard Class, Prince Imrahil the Fair, and most uniquely, Homunculus Horde - which is effectively a blue Scute Swarm for this mechanic. I also managed to include great chase cards from the set including The Arkenstone and The Queen of Dale, for extra value. This deck likes to slowly build and eventually overwhelm the board, so we have a few protection pieces including three counterspells (Sound the Trumpets, Counterspell, Arcane Denial) and three anti-board wipes (Boromir, Warden of the Tower / Cosmic Intervention / Selfless Spirit). Pump out tons of tokens and cheap creatures (The Council of Four, Visions of Glory, Bard King of Dale, Horn of Gondor) and buff them (Bard, Heir of Girion, Thalia’s Lieutenant, Flowering of the White Tree, Moonshaker Cavalry) to win! The deck should cost ~$150, and avoids other universes beyond cards entirely, featuring LOTR and Hobbit cards where possible.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 24, 2026

A flavor-forward Smaug, Wicked Worm list that honors J.R.R. Tolkien's work with a strong deck, smashing opponents with dragons, equipment, and Treasure-token synergies. *** “There was a most specially greedy, strong and wicked worm called Smaug.” — Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit, Ch. I “An Unexpected Party” “My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane, and my breath death!” — Smaug, The Hobbit, Ch. XII “Inside Information” There is no Hobbit without the dragon Smaug. In a way, there is no Lord of the Rings without him either. Before J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel even begins, the Wicked Worm has stolen the dwarves’ home and their treasure. This theft is the catalyst for Bilbo Baggins’s adventure and everything that follows. As a Magic: The Gathering card, Smaug, Wicked Worm is an elegant recreation of our Middle-earthian heroes’ first and fearsome foe. A 5/5 flyer for five mana will always be a force to be reckoned with. His ill-gotten gains are illustrated through a potentially expansive Treasure-token trove when he enters, and Smaug quickly converts that wealth into card draw. For these reasons, I have chosen Smaug to lead my entry into Tolarian Community College’s Hobbit precon contest. This precon’s game plan is simple: take out our opponents with explosive draconic combats while burning away the entire table’s life totals through cards that punish our opponents when we make or break Treasure tokens. A brief aside on the philosophy of this decklist: There are better cards from other Universes Beyond properties I could have slotted into this list; there are better cards with proper Magic: The Gathering names that I could have put in this list. But that wouldn’t feel right. I don’t fundamentally object to UB, but I do want to capture the immersive quality and role-playing aspects of commander that would be lost if Smaug were mingling with, say, Mastermind Plum, or (ugh) the Avengers. Therefore, I have prioritized cards from the Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, and their associated supplemental products. Where this is impossible, I have emphasized cards that feel comfortably at home in Middle-earth. Wilds of Eldraine’s Decadent Dragon? That’s a big, winged, scaly beast sitting on a pile of treasure. It could easily be Smaug or one of his kin! Creature types represent only races present in Tolkien’s works. I have not used any cards whose names represent unique characters from the Magic multiverse, nor any cards from other UB properties. Even working within these parameters, my goal is for this deck to feel, well, Smaug-y. I re-read The Hobbit in preparation for the Professor’s assignment, and have made deliberate choices for each of the gameplay themes to reflect elements of the story. The result is a deck that is powerful at a precon level while capturing the spirit of the dragon from Tolkien’s 1937 classic. *** Plan A: Treasure and Sacrifice “Dragons steal gold and jewels, you know, from men and elves and dwarves, wherever they can find them,” — Thorin Oakenshield, The Hobbit, Ch. I “An Unexpected Party” Smaug turns treasures into a steady stream of card draw. This makes Treasure tokens the natural first pillar of the deck’s strategy. Smaug will make a healthy initial investment in your Treasure-token hoard simply by entering the battlefield. From there, we have several routes to growing our riches. This list contains several powerful one-off Treasure generators. We have draw spells like Big Score, Unexpected Windfall, and Seize the Spoils. Strike it Rich effectively allows us to cycle a card twice while playing into other artifact and Treasure synergies. Gloin, Dwarf Emissary and Storm-Kiln Artisan offer repeatable sources of Treasure: Gloin, from the deck’s 20+ other historic spells and the Artisan from 16 instants and sorceries, including two with Flashback. Smaug then takes these dwarves’ Treasure tokens, just as the Smaug of Tolkien’s novel steals the dwarves’ riches. Decadent Dragon, Goldspan Dragon, Cavern-Hoard Dragon, Goldlust Triad, and Smaug the Magnificent also expand the hoard each turn. Finally, the deck runs several pieces of equipment that create more treasure every combat. We’ll get into those more in the next section. The deck runs several payoffs for creating and expending Treasure. Reckless Fireweaver and Ingenious Artillerest ping the table every time a Treasure (or another artifact) lands. Meanwhile, the Sackville-Bagginses, Mirkwood Bats, and Disciple of the Vault hit our opponents every time a Treasure leaves the field. Smaug gets angry, very angry, when he loses a bauble, and we want our opponents to feel his wrath just like Bilbo, the dwarves, and the people of Lake-town felt it when the Worm noticed his golden cup was missing. You’ll be crying out “Thieves! Fire! Murder!” every time a Treasure vanishes from the battlefield. There’s a sacrifice subtheme that goes along with Treasure generation. Smaug will create more and more Treasure tokens upon entry the longer the game goes on. Therefore, we have several ways to sacrifice our commander so that we can recast him. Allure of Power, the Sackville-Bagginses, Snowslope Hunter, and Azog, Moria’s Ruin all allow us to get a little extra value by blowing up our own Smaug before he makes his fiery return. Stir Up Trouble and Lash of the Balrog enable Smaug to take down an enemy with him, echoing the dragon’s own destructive downfall in the novel. If we aren’t ready to sacrifice our commander, we have other creatures that are easy, even beneficial, to kill off, including the Smaug token from There And Back Again, Hoarding Dragon, and the 1/1 Rat tokens we get from The Mad Ratter. *** Plan B: Equipment and Combat “They are old swords, very old swords [...] They must have come from a dragon’s hoard or goblin plunder.” — Elrond, The Hobbit, Ch. III, “A Short Rest” Equipment are a natural addition to Smaug’s collection, both from a story and gameplay perspective. In the Hobbit, Elrond even speculates that the weapons our heroes captured from a band of trolls had first been stolen by dragons. In game, we’re happy to see several equipment create Treasure whenever the wielder connects: Prying Blade, Golvein Pick, and Diamond Pick-Axe among them. Smaug is our first choice to hold our equipment. He’s a big, flying threat, and improved combat stats make commander damage a viable path to victory while advancing our other strategies. In addition to Smaug, we have several other big flying creatures that are well-equipped (ha!) to bear these blades. The combat plan is supported by two powerful extra-combat triggers: Scourge of the Throne and Desert Were Worm. Whatever you liked about the first combat, you’ll love about the second. *** Plan C: Dragons “It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” — The Hobbit, Ch. XII “Inside Information” This list's other strategies happen to include several dragons: 16 if you count the tokens created by The Misty Mountains Cold and There And Back Again. Accordingly, we have a handful of typal benefits. Dragon’s Hoard is a solid mana rock, a flavor win, and an occasional source of free draws. The Desolation of Smaug and the Omen side of Scavenger Regent can be one-sided board wipes that leave our most powerful creatures in play. Finally, Heirloom Blade can draw us into powerful dragons when Smaug dies, whether of natural causes or through sacrifice. And then there’s Dragonstorm and Stormscale Scion: Between quick card draws and Treasure generators, we can cast several spells a turn, making Dragonstorm an easy inclusion; a way to tutor up and play out our most powerful winged reptiles. Stormscale Scion will give a threatening boost to our commander and our whole board after we churn through our hand. *** I want to thank the Professor and the TCC team for their consideration, and hope anyone who comes upon this list has fun trying out the list! You will find this deck is a most specially greedy, strong, and wicked one.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 24, 2026

The Wargs are here, and they are ready for battle. Please enjoy a variety of wolves and +1/+1 counters (and the aforementioned battles). I apologize for the overage on pricing, but I think that some of the pricy cards like [Invasion of Ikoria] or even [Peatland] would be replaced by new designs for commander to bring it more in line. Besides, I firmly believe WotC should print better mana bases for precons.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 24, 2026

This is meant to be a stand in for what I imagine would be an appropriate pre-con Commander deck for The Hobbit set. I followed TCC's idea of being ~$150 in singles value, while also trying to squeeze in needed reprints, classic staples, a cohesive strategy involving bear tribal and card draw; as well as highlight great cards from the set that felt appropriate while leaving other complementary cards as chase cards in boosters. All cards featured either relate to bears or furry creatures as Beorn is a "furrier" in the book. I added Toski as a fun bonus since he's the "Bearer" of Secrets, and serves as a strong foundational alternative. Although the few Mirkwood elves are not furry, or bears, I found them appropriate as Beorn serves as the ally the company of dwarves relies on to enter Mirkwood Forest. This also goes for Garruk as in my eyes, he was heavily inspired by Beorn and offers a way to act as an Oathbreaker should someone wish to convert the deck into that format. I also avoided adding any UB cards not within WotC's net(D&D) or LotR as I don't believe they would add licensed characters from outside their control(sorry Bosco!) Lastly I tried to recreate the wave of creatures Beorn brought to The Battle of Five Armies by creating a focus on buffing all as a stampede. I hope you enjoy looking at this deck and potentially trying it yourself! -Conner (At time of building this deck was exactly $150!)

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 24, 2026

The Queen of Dale

Aug 24, 2026

This is a 'The Queen of Dale' token deck with subthemes of; Soldier/Human typal, Recursion/Graveyard and Convoke. The deck utilises its commander as a value engine to loot through our deck, get to our value pieces and fill our bin whilst building a board state to protect ourselves until its too late for our opponents to catch up and they're staring down an army of tokens.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 24, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 24, 2026

Hello TTC Team! Firstly, thank you for taking the time to look at my deck! Here I'll explain the deck philosophy. Keeping a precon's budget in mind, the game plan is simple, play low cost wizards in the early-mid game, then play Gandalf and start slinging spells! I also heavily focused on flavor without sacrificing power, including many many cards from The Hobbit and LOTR! I even included a backup commander in the form of Gandalf of the Secret Fire. To keep the game plan realistic and consistent, I focused on keeping most of the bigger spells around 5-6 mana, so you'd only need 3 wizards on the board to start acquiring your value. Even if you are not cheating higher mana spells, freely casting 3 or 4 mana spells is still very good. The deck has many low-cost wizards so you can consistently build up your board in the early-mid game. Even if your wizards are low-cost, they all still have powerful abilities (usually multiple!) that come into effect in the early and/or late game. Since you will be playing many low-cost creatures, and at least one free spell each turn, I included plenty of card draw to keep your hand filled. The deck has protection to keep Gandalf and your wizard's alive, and removal to slow down threats. Even if Gandalf is removed, the deck has instant/sorcery "ramp" creatures that make those types cheaper to cast, and since they are already not too high of mana cost, you can play them as early as turn 4 or 5 normally without needing Gandalf. Included are finisher spells that can blow out the game. Since you may have a lot of smaller wizards on your field, some of the finishers focus on buffing them up so you can go-wide and swing with them. There are also many ways to buff/pump your wizards before swinging or defending with them. Additionally, a lot of spells in the deck including bouncing or removing opponent's creatures, allowing you to get in for damage. The deck even includes spells that let you draw and discard any larger spells you don't want to cast at that moment, and then the deck also has recursion to then later cast those spells from the graveyard! For the instants and sorceries, I included spells that were interesting, fun, and powerful. Of course, included there are many wizards in the deck that benefit off of casting spells. The land situation is balanced as well, having a healthy amount of mana production for each of the three colors. Traditional generic ramp was not included as it is not needed in this deck.

The Chief Warg

Aug 24, 2026

The Wild is no place for gentle folk. Stepping out of the safety your home, you will encounter many dangers such as vicious bears, hungry spiders, ravenous wargs, or even lurking trolls and orcs. Out there it's eat or be eaten. Use the card advantage from your commander, The Chief Warg, to populate your board with all manner of dangerous high-powered creatures. Feed them and make them stronger than anything they come across with +1 counters. Gobble up your opponents creatures, or simply trample over them with your pack of monsters. As with any living thing, their time in this world must end. Sacrifice your mighty creatures to draw a healthy amount of cards to fuel the next generation of predators. Your opponents will be helpless against the ferocious power of this wild deck.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 24, 2026

The fearsome dragon Smaug is dead, and his vast trove of treasure is ripe for the taking. The Wild Wolf Clan of the Misty Mountains has arrived along side the Goblin Horde of Moria to seize the spoils before any petulant dwarves can lay claim to this fortune! _______________________________________________________________________ Deck Description: This is an aggro Golgari deck, with the goal of going both wide and tall. The commander "Chief of the Wilds" is the cornerstone to it's strategy, focusing on its ability to rapidly grow larger as more wolves ETB. Ferocious is the primary deck theme, as many cards have mechanics that benefit from having a high power creature on the battlefield. Fill up your battlefield quickly with your pack of wolves, then make huge payoffs with your high-powered Chief. Relentlessly assail your opponents until you're the last army standing! _______________________________________________________________________ Preface: As TCC has designed precons for the Dwarves, Elves, and Goblins, I thought it was most appropriate to design this precon around one of the other 2 remaining armies- the men or the wolves, and I chose the latter. Although the commander's ability doubles Battle triggers, I decided not to include any of the currently printed battles as I felt none were either mechanically or flavorfully viable for this deck. Hopefully the co-op kit will print some much better suited Battles. Also, I tried my best to maintain a similar budget to the TCC Hobbit precons and appropriate flavor within this deck, excluding some very expensive and high-power options for more flavorful and budget-friendly alternatives. It was so much fun to build this, I hope you enjoy! _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________Themes & Mechanics: _________________________ Ramp: Torgal, A Fine Hound was an easy mana-dork choice as it is a low cost wolf that can trigger the Chief, and it incidentally gives major buffs to the handful of humans found in this deck! Whisperer of the Wilds taps for double mana when you have Ferocious, which is online as soon as you have the Chief on the battlefield. Selvala, Heart of the Wilds is a powerhouse of mana generation as she taps for mana equal to the power of your rapidly growing commander (and she has a wolf in her art!). Song of Freyalise allows your wolf pack to work together to summon even more wolves (and grants them a huge attack bonus when it finishes). Summon: Fenrir benefits from the Chief's double trigger by ramping 2 lands when played. And Traverse the Outlands has a tremendous payoff when coupled with the Chief to easily ramp out almost all of the basic lands in the deck! _______________________________________________________________________ Card Advantage: Herd Heirloom not only works as mana ramp, but also enables your commander to swing in with trample damage and draw you a card every turn. Hollowmurk Siege and Terrasymbiosis keep your hand full every time you put counters on the Chief, and can draw you even more when you flash in wolves on your opponents turn. The Chief Warg draws multiple cards when you attack, as the trigger is doubled by your commander. Owlbear Shepard and Colossal Majesty are budget friendly card-draw permanents that reward you for having a high power creature. And in-line with the aggro strategy, Ohran Frostfang enables your Wolves to swing in hard and draw many cards. Hunter's Insight, Return of the Wildspeaker, and Season of Gathering all allow for massive card draw payoffs with your buffed up commander, and can also enable some hard-hitting attacks. _______________________________________________________________________ Evasion: A crucial part of the aggro strategy. As with a few of the cards discussed above, cards like Sphere Grid and Howlpack Resurgence enable your creatures with trample, allowing you to swing in for commander damage with ease. Cover of Darkness allows your wolves to bypass most defenses, and thematically reminds me of the blacked out sky during the battle in The Hobbit. And a pet favorite card of mine in the deck- Roar of Challenge can used versatilely to knock out an opponent. When used on your commander, its high power can wipe out most of an opponents board, while allowing your wolf pack to hit their life total directly. Or when used on a lesser wolf, it allows your commander to evade your opponents defenses and hit for lethal commander damage. And the enchantment Alpha Authority not only provides the Chief with hexproof protection, but also overlaps with the Chiefs menace ability to make it unblockable. _______________________________________________________________________ Summoning the Wolf Pack: The deck is full of as many cheap and/or effective Wolf creatures as possible. Low cost wolves like Ascendant Packleader, Nighthowl Pursuer, and Young Wolf allow for cheap triggers of your commanders ability. Bejeweled Warg, Metallic Mimic, and Ravening Warg are low cost wolves that also benefit from the aggressive strategy. Mana cost reducers like Emerald Medallion, Honest Rutstein, and Cemetery Prowler allow you to quickly and efficiently cast as many wolves as possible. Kindred Summons is a fantastic spell for filling the battlefield with wolves at instant speed, and hulking out your commander at the same time. And token generators like Chief Warg's Company, Ferocious Pup, Howling Moon, Head of the Hunt, Silverfur Partisan, and Feed the Pack flood the battlefield with wolves and grow the Chief to a ridiculous power level (with token generation often doubled by the Chiefs 2nd ability). Hollowhenge Overlord is the MVP here, when flashed in on your opponents end step, it will quadruple your wolves on your upkeep. _______________________________________________________________________ Removal: Feed the Swarm and Gnashing of Teeth are powerful removal spells that are very flavorful for this deck. Moonlight Hunt is an obvious choice as it works perfectly with the Wolf kindred synergy. Assassin's Trophy and Tear Asunder are effective for general nonland permanent removal. And Inscription Abundance is extremely versatile removal spell, as it can also provide more +1/+1 counters and/or provide a high life gain payoff. _______________________________________________________________________ Lifegain: Packsong Pup and Ravening Warg are more low cost wolves that provide life gain bonuses. Reverent Howl has the potential to provide a huge life gain payoff when used on your commander. And Flourishing Hunter, while on it's own is a mostly unplayable common, but when combined with the Chief it provides a massive life gain equal to double your commanders already high toughness. _______________________________________________________________________ Lands: 2 MDFCs are included (for a total of 37 lands) Bridgeworks Battle allows for easy removal when fighting your commander, and Revitalizing Repast can protect your commander in a pinch. Bonder's Enclave and Mosswort Bridge can easily be activated with the Ferocious theme. Oran Rief and Mirkwood assist with the +1/+1 counters subtheme. And Rogue's passage can enable a commander damage finish when necessary. _______________________________________________________________________ Finishers: Along with the evasion cards discussed above, cards like Kindred Dominance clears the way for your wolves to swing in. Unnatural Growth consistently pumps your wolves for an onslaught. Overwhelming Stampede buffs all of your lesser wolves with the Chiefs power to wipe out your opponents in one swing. Unable to attack with your commander? Cast Essence Harvest and drain your opponents life equal to the chiefs high power.

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Aug 24, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 23, 2026

Belladonna Took

Aug 23, 2026

Belladonna Took, Rosie Cotton and the Queen of Dale lose control of the Shire when rabbits show up in the garden of Bag End. Luckily the Eagles come and clean up the rabbits and save the day! Build a giant board of token rabbits with Belladonna Took and Rosie carrying on her legacy in Bag End. Then finish your opponent by calling in the eagles to clean out the shire of rabbits and leave their army behind. Or simply watch Thorin Oakenshield make his last stand using the army you have built for him. Did you say Rabbit or Hobbit?

Thranduil the Strategist

Aug 23, 2026

Build an army worthy of a king with Thranduil the Strategist. Trigger landfall to create Elves, grow your ranks, and overwhelm your opponents with a vast army of tokens. Rally your company, strengthen your board, and let the Forces of Mirkwood march to victory.

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 23, 2026

Turn every spell into a weapon with Gandalf, Goblins' Bane. Burn your opponents while casting spells from exile to generate value and keep the pressure on. Harness Gandalf's fiery magic and keep the flames burning until your opponents are left with nowhere to hide.

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 23, 2026

Thorin leads and protects his company on their journey to win back the Lonely Mountain, bolstered by the stories they sing to each other.

Aragorn, the Uniter

Aug 23, 2026

My first deck build! Uniting humans, elves, dwarves, and hobbits- enjoy battling others with your favorite characters from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted

Aug 23, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 23, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 23, 2026

Bard leads the defense of Lake-town, recruiting all those willing to fight. The commander is Bard, King of Dale, providing draw and token support for the recruit mechanic. Draw, discard, token, and flicker synergy cards attempt to retrigger the recruit mechanic to align with the story theme of recruiting more defenders as the fight goes on. Some cuts and substitutions made to help with cost, bringing down to something more expected out of a preconstructed commander deck. Chose Hobbit and Lord of the Rings art when affordable. Most expensive card is Queen of Dale. Monument to Endurance would be a good choice for retheming to LOTR art, and also possibly reducing cost with a reprint.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 23, 2026

Draw arrows, blow them all.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

Wolves travel in packs and they will always be loyal to the chief of the wilds!

Aragorn, the Uniter

Aug 23, 2026

In an age after the time Bilbo carried the One Ring, Frodo carried the legacy, bringing together a company to destroy the cursed jewelry. It would not be long until they fractured. But even fractured, Aragorn never abandoned his promise. Uniting the forces of man, Aragorn, the Uniter brought forces together against Sauron while Sam and Frodo made their final climb. This four-color deck seeks to reimagine that fateful battle with Legendries from across the LOTR, Magic and UB universes. It is my firm belief that the four color play space is especially neglected by WOTC. It's my hope that Wizards will give bring more four color commanders over time with many strategies across them.

Bard the Bowman

Aug 23, 2026

Lord of the Rings were my dad and I's favorite movies to watch as I was growing up. Instead of us two watching the Hobbit, he would tell me the 'tale of Bard the Bowman' the human who slayed Smaug. Despite there being elves, dwarves, and magic in this world, it was a normal every day man that fired the final arrow. This deck focuses on the story my dad told me, the story of humans surviving in a world that has them at a disadvantage. Draw cards, getting +1/+1 counters, and rallying together to defeat your foes. This deck is for my dad more than anyone else. Thank you for inspiring me to chase my goals no matter how small I may seem to them.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 23, 2026

Create Treasures, Draw Cards, Play Dragons! With plenty of Goblins and Dwarves to serve him and bring him treasure, Smaug's minions will chip away at opponents' life totals until Smaug is joined by his fellow Dragons to swing out in a blaze of glory. (Backup Commander: Smaug the Impenetrable)

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 23, 2026

The Notary Hobbits

Aug 23, 2026

Now it must be understood that the invitation was written for one notary, and that three came up the path, and that no one in the hole saw fit to mention it. Hobbits seldom do. There was tea, and there were seed-cakes, and somewhere between them it grew plain that the quiet guest answered to Elf as well as to hobbit, and that the fellow in the waistcoat had never once said what he was, and that the great shape by the fire was no man at all, though he was civil about it. Now hobbits are a counting folk. One of them counted the room, and counted it a second time, and got a greater number than before; and he went on counting, and no one thought to stop him. In the morning the pantry was bare, and one notary sat blinking in a chair, and out beyond the gate, in the long grass, there stood something very large indeed.

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 23, 2026

From the borders of Mirkwood, Radagast gathers the Woodland Realm’s hidden strength. Beorn, the beast of the lowlands, birds of the canopy and every creature that dwells in and around the great wood. At a whisper they answer, striking with sudden force to overwhelm the Shadow before it can take root.

The Lord of the Eagles

Aug 23, 2026

Protect middle earth from the sky with at is helm the lord himself. Fill the board so he can keep returning while drawing cards to not run out of steam. Have people question there sanity when a flying kraken comes their way.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 23, 2026

A precon based on Smaug uses burn, treasures, and theft to win the game.

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 23, 2026

Radagast decks are typically very "stompy," and I find this to be a tad boring. I have built my deck as a Creature Only Combo Deck. I wanted a precon combo deck to be easy to see on board and easy to mess with, but what to make it around? Creature decks are the easiest to interact with, so that's what I chose. This deck is trying to aggressively mulligan for a draw engine (like Glademuse) and keep it around. Once the commander is out, you want to be curving out each opponent's turn, playing 1 creature. The deck works on this axis: [the untap + bounce engine] + [mana engine] + [draw engine] + [Walking Ballista] is game. The deck usually threatens to win around turn 7-8 and is a very chill, relaxed deck to pilot. In archidekt is says its $146: I dont know why Its so expensive on manapool. I have the manapool price set on archidekt. (https://archidekt.com/decks/25425818/radagast_combo)

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

The Master of Lake-town

Aug 23, 2026

With the Master present, you are sure to not only drain your opponents life total and empty their library, but take that which you KNOW is rightfully yours and bring it all back to do your bidding. With horrifying monsters of old, to downright horrendous instants and sorceries of the modern age; by the end of it all, you will be the one who has the final say of knowledge, life, and death.

Belladonna Took

Aug 23, 2026

Face Commander: Belladonna Took Alt Commander: Boromir, Warden of the Tower Grow your numbers with Belladonna Took. Fill the battlefield with tokens, turn small beginnings into a massive army, and overwhelm your opponents with strength in numbers. Sometimes, even the smallest gathering can make the biggest difference.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 23, 2026

Face Commander: Beorn the Fierce. Alt Commander: Radagast of Rhosgobel. Unleash the might of the forest with Beorn the Fierce. Turn your creatures into bears and use their newfound strength to trample over your opponents' creatures. Build an unstoppable army and crush your enemies beneath the weight of your growing shapeshifting horde.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 23, 2026

Who knew wealth could hurt so good? Mono-red Smaug is here to collect as much treasure as he can before he burns the whole table out of the game.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

This deck is built around a few main themes: wolves, creatures with power 4 or greater (ferocious), and +1/+1 counters. Placing counters on creatures makes them larger and activates the ferocious synergies within the deck, and triggers other secondary payoffs. This deck also features 4 battles, which double trigger on entry if the commander is on the field. I've left plenty of room to upgrade and focus the deck on different styles while including a few choice cards that badly need reprints, like Warg Rider.

The Great Goblin

Aug 23, 2026

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 23, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

Sauron, the Dark Lord

Aug 23, 2026

The Dark Lord of Smaug? Sauron is the face of the deck while Smaug the impenetrable & his dragon friends are running the show & hording treasure & creating lots of treasure & more dragons throughout the deck. There is revel in riches & hell kite tyrant for win conditions of 10 or 20 treasure, but if not dragons are flying fun. Sauron is bringing his 9 Nazgul & a changling outcast to all get counters from ring tempting so the nazgul can block & changling outcast can attack unblocked. Also smaug the impenetrable if equipped with shadowspear can give infinite life with chain lightning or put out infinite damage with pyrohemia. Deck has a few cards to search for key cards, theres counter spell, graveyard return, card draw & some blinking. I think The dark Lord of Smaug? Deck Should do well & chose cheapest printing on almost every card but even so, Smaug has expensive taste.

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 23, 2026

Dwarven armory's deck is made around an idea where the player tries to equip Dwaling with as much equipments as possible (which are of course all made by the dwarf race in Middle-Earth). Dwalin then ramps their damage with his hone counters so he can deal as much commander damage as possible. So essentially this deck is a voltron commander "precon" deck built around the Hobbit flavor. This deck building challenge was a really fun little project for me and my friend

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 23, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 23, 2026

Slinging Spells and doing cool wizard things.

The Master of Lake-town

Aug 23, 2026

The Master of Lake-Town can be used as a draw engine by sacrificing him, leaving him in the graveyard, then reanimating him to cheat commander tax. It's mono-black blink, with many extra steps. This deck wants to fill graveyards as fast as possible, attack with creatures early, then reanimate the bigger creatures (which were hopefully milled). The deck includes a few sources of life gain to keep ahead of the cost to reanimate and to draw cards.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 23, 2026

This is one of four decks I constructed for this challenge, with the goal of creating an entire board game within the framework of Magic: The Gathering. Here is a YouTube Video I made for this challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_FYXDmWq4 The four decks are designed to stay together and play against one another as a self-contained environment. They’ve been lightly tested and are by no means perfect, but I’ve tried to create a fair, combat-centric, beginner-friendly experience that captures the world and story of The Hobbit. I spent a frankly unreasonable amount of time trying to recreate story moments, characters, locations, and interactions between all four factions—including rereading The Hobbit (okay, listening to it on Audible) to make sure the decks collectively touch every chapter. The goal isn’t simply to build four thematic Commander decks; it’s to make the four decks interact in ways that allow the story to emerge naturally while you play. If you’re only going to judge one deck, I’ve selected the Dwarf deck, because I think it best showcases the story of The Hobbit through both its playstyle and its win conditions. The deck begins, appropriately, with 13 Dwarves, a Hobbit, and a Wizard, and I made sure the entire Company is represented. The primary plan is to equip the Dwarves and fight your way toward Erebor, but if simply swinging with equipped Dwarves doesn’t get the job done, the deck wants to assemble a sizable pile of Treasure and eventually use Smaug the Magnificent to end the game in suitably cinematic fashion. I even included The Arkenstone as a way to summon Smaug for the final confrontation. The backup win condition is Hellkite Tyrant, which, importantly, isn't legendary and therefore can't be summoned by the Arkenstone. That interaction also demonstrates why these four decks were designed as an insulated environment rather than four unrelated Commander decks. The Bard deck was built to make The Black Arrow a meaningful thematic answer to the Dwarves' dragon endgame, while the Bolg deck contains dragons of its own. That creates an environment where destroying a dragon can genuinely save the game, allowing moments from The Hobbit to emerge naturally through gameplay rather than simply appearing as references printed on the cards. Below is a link to all four decks; this challenge was incredibly rewarding, and I am going to build these 4 decks and invite friends who aren't Magic players to give it a go. Please if you think this project is cool, I would love any feedback. I have added a brief description to each deck and how they interact thematically. https://archidekt.com/decks/25246541/thorins_company_an_unexpected_party https://archidekt.com/decks/25255892/bolgs_company_the_clouds_burst https://archidekt.com/decks/25264385/bards_company_gathering_of_the_clouds https://archidekt.com/decks/25295332/thranduils_company_flies_and_spiders

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 23, 2026

Dáin of the Ancient Halls

Aug 23, 2026

Everyone, get in here! Dwarf tribal with Dain leading the way. Attack early, and attack often. Stack damage as much as possible. Use Purphoros, God of the Forge and An Unexpected Party/At the Door for unexpected damage. Put your opponent's feet to the fire with City in Flames and leave them defenseless with Bedlam. You might not win the game, but you will leave you mark and go down swinging.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 23, 2026

Why would you amass goblins when you can amass treasure? This budget-friendly* Boros deck, led by Thorin, King of Durin's Folk, is all about playing dwarves, hoarding treasure (and *coveted* jewels), and then using your vast wealth to play politics, defend your treasures, or take the fight to those who yearn to steal what is rightfully yours. It has a few surprising tricks up it's sleeve that will keep experienced players engaged while having a simple enough goal to be new player friendly (play dwarves, make treasures). Here's some things you might do during your game: - Use your treasures without sacrificing them thanks to cards like Inspiring Statuary and Ghirapur Aether Grid. Dwarves can be sneaky! - Get political by using War Cadence after attackers are declared to making blocking difficult, strike a deal with Your Temple Is Under Attack, or activate your Gleaming Splendor to allow others to draw cards. Dwarves can be generous! - Have a bunch of beefy dwarves and want to be even greedier? Play Trove of Temptation which forces other players to attack you but nets you a treasure each turn. If you have Brash Taunter you can reflect the damage back to other players for some fun. Lose too many dwarves? Blasphemous Act and the Brash Taunter still lives, reflects the damage, and you still keep making treasures. - Did someone steal your coveted jewel?? Nab it back with Treasure Nabber when they tap it for mana (which they will inadvertently do without thinking). - Have Bifur enter which doubles dwarf triggers, which doubles treasures production, which pumps the board, and pings opponents. - Swing with a double strike, trample 14/8 Iron Hills Blacksmith with Orcrist that potentially generates a dozen treasure tokens with each hit. - Finish the game with a sneaky Crash Through that gives your dwarves trample, disarm everyone with War Cadence, or use Hit the Mother Lode to generate treasures then sac them to make more treasures with Treasure Vault and ping everyone to death. There are tons of directions for upgrading this deck. Here are a few ideas: - Smaug the Magnificent + Last Light of Durin's Day. Dragon and dragon tutor. Does damage based on the number of treasures you have. Might be worth adding another dragon too as backup for the tutor. - Magda, Brazen Outlaw. Makes treasures when your dwarves tap. - Collector's Vault is fun flavor. - Smothering Tithe if you want to be THAT kind of player. And finally, here are some deck design philosphy notes: - The goal was to provide a solid bracket 2 experience that was easy enough for beginners to pick up but with enough complexity to keep it engaging for more seasoned players. - Adding flavor was really important for me so there are some suboptimal cards. - I made sure there was enough protection and interaction to make it feel like you could safely build and protect the hoard. We aren't trying to win on turn 5. I also didn't want to it to feel too safe so if players want to play aggressively they can. Want to play safely? Send Bofur on an adventure. Want to play passively? Put him on the field. There are many cards like this that offer a "safety" vs "aggro" decision for players to make. - Finally and most importantly, the deck should not only be be fun to play but also fun to play against. *is any commander deck really budget friendly? at the time of writing, this was $145 on tcg player but I expect the price to climb mostly due to gleaming splendor which could be cut to save on costs.

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 23, 2026

I did my best to create a deck that would be fun to play, be full of flavor, and use one of the coolest new mechanics in the set Hone Counters. The main plan of attack Is playing artifacts with low equip cost and buffing them with hone counters or things with good etbs that can be equipped later as a bonus . To bolster this plan I added a blink package to safely recur dwalin's and other etbs while also having synergy with some of the dwarfs who care when a dwarf enters the battlefield. The final addition is a small goad sub-theme both on the etb side with Insufferable Balladeer on the etb side and with things like bloodthirsty blade which we can also buff with the hone counters, and the combination of shiny impetus to make us treasures that we can sack with Gloin Dwarf Emissary to keep people nice and goaded and our finishers in taunt from the ramparts and take the bait will hopefully keep our opponents defenses down so our equipped dwarfs can get in for the final push. Flavor wise I wanted the deck to feel Like a bunch of rambunctious dwarves who cant help but start fights and get others involved just as well. I went with deck name that felt like it could be a real precon since my goal was to hit that mark as much as possible.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 23, 2026

I created this deck for the Tolarian Community College Hobbit Pre-con Competition. My main goals I had in mind while creating this deck were, I wanted to keep it at a pre-con bracket level, I wanted it to have cards that were flavourful for the theme, and I wanted it to be as affordable as I could make it. I originally had gone through all the Middle Earth Sets to find cards that would work well in this deck. I spent a lot of time narrowing it down to a few mechanics. I originally had some Smaug and dragon synergy cards in the deck, but decided to remove those cards, because they would make more sense in a Smaug pre-con. I really wanted to focus on a dwarves and building up an army theme, to give the sense of this leading up to the ultimate Battle of Five Armies at the finale of the book. I chose "Thorin, King of Durin's Folk" as the commander, mainly because he is more affordable. "Thorin, Company's Leader" and "Dain of the Ancient Halls" are probably better commanders for a Battle of Five Armies dwarf themed deck; but right now, they are prohibitively expensive. I included the "Arkenstone to tutor for a legendary dwarf. Along with the themed card of "Thror's Map," I included "Expedition Map" to tutor for one of the key lands in this deck, such as "The Lonely Mountain" or "The Mines of Moria." I kept the dwarves to just the dwarves from the hobbit sets, and I tried to choose cards that sounds like descriptions of battle. The key descriptors that would be on the box, I guess could be; "Assemble Dwarves", "Gather Treasure", "Equip Your Company" I was able to keep the price around the $100 range. I hope you enjoy.

Balin, Loremaster

Aug 23, 2026

Play Dwarves, discard and draw tons of cards, and trigger powerful draw and discard abilities along the way. Make your creatures bigger, burn your opponents, and keep the pressure on. Then restock your hand with “wheel” effects and fuel the raw, aggressive chaos all over again.

The Chief Warg

Aug 23, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 23, 2026

A new card draw and token engine in the command zone that mixes group hug with some blink and bird sub-theme wincons! The deck is a strong precon upgrade that can win by burying the table in card draw value! To keep on a budget, I slimmed down many powerful staples that can be used to upgrade the deck such as: Consecrated Sphinx, Displacer Kitten, Esper Sentinel, Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, Narset Parter of Veils, Enlightened Tutor, Mystical Tutor, Silence, Expropriate, Anointed Procession, Mystic Remora, Rhystic Study, and Smothering Tithe

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 23, 2026

Deck focused around the journey of the 13 dwarves told in the book. Of course they didn't do it alone and cards like Gandalf, Spark Starter, and Pinecone Strike are here to help the dwarves get out the frying pan and the fire. Cards like Ragged Short Spear are not included despite having good equipement synergy since it is a goblin's equipment. All cards are from the hobbit set (HOB and HOC) to stick to only the dwarves journey in The Hobbit.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 23, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 23, 2026

The halls of Erebor are silent no longer. Beneath the mountain, Smaug slumbers atop a mountain of gold, awakening only to punish thieves and feed his ever-growing hoard. Gather Treasure, summon dragons, and let greed consume the table in a deck that celebrates the story of The Hobbit

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 23, 2026

Using Middle Earth only cards and led by their Commander "Bard, King of Dale" this deck can go wide with tokens and/or go big with +1/+1 counters. With 23 Humans, multiple ways to pump them up, and a never ending stream of draw power this deck is ready to go off. The perfect "Precon" style commander deck! "This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved. For though much has been saved, much must now pass away; and the power of the Three Rings also is ended. And all the lands that you see, and those that lie round about them, shall be dwellings of Men. For the time comes of the Dominion of Men, and the Elder Kindred shall fade or depart.” - Gandalf // Submitted by MobCougar08

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Aug 23, 2026

A halfling typal and treasures deck built to cause burn and use accumulated treasures to fund a big wincon spell!

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

A fast go-wide wolf tribal deck. Wargs are one of the 5 armies battling at the foot of the Misty Mountain. The Wargs fight as a tireless pack: fast, relentless, and overwhelming. Grow the pack, trigger their powers, and keep attacking. Deck tries to get creatures to 4 power to trigger abilities which doubles with the commander. Deck also includes auras that grant triggered ability to synergize with the commander further. Also added a battle that would need to be renamed to match deck flavor. All creatures are wolves. Win con is combat damage, finish by buffing and giving menace to a wide board. Can also deal a lot of commander damage with trample and menace. Can survive board wipes with mass resurrection. Interactions are mostly creature and combat based for flavor. Slightly above budget but concordant crossroads needs a reprints to bring the price down.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 23, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 23, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 22, 2026

Wizard Party is a Jeskai deck that's set up to win by dropping big mana bombs way ahead of curve, thanks to the ability of its commander Gandalf, Party Guest. This deck is full of Legendary Wizards, especially at low mana values, to help you consistently be able to cheat out spells with CMC 6 or greater as soon as possible. Those big mana cheat spells function in a variety of ways to help open the gates for your Wizards to charge through. Since you won't be using your mana to play those cheated spells, there are a variety of higher CMC legendary wizards that can be used to get even more value out of those bomb spells as well as a selection of counter-spells and other miscellaneous removal options to help protect your board. While tutors are typically rare in precons, the thematically appropriate Wizardcycling cards were too fun to not include. The same is true for the two ability copying cards (Harmonic Prodigy and Wizard's Staff), both of which allow you to play two free Gandalf spells per turn. With an estimated deck value right around $140, a land base in line with most precons, no legendary creatures from other Universes Beyond properties, a wide selection of cards from The Hobbit and Tales of Middle-earth, and deck colors that pair well with the three TCC precons, this deck feels like the fourth missing Hobbit precon. Wizard Party should be a fun deck for anyone to pilot, full of big splashy spells that spice things up as you look to clear the path for your Wizards (and their friends) to turn sideways and swing out for victory.

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 22, 2026

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 22, 2026

This Rakdos deck focuses on triggering Smaug the Impenetrable through tactical non-combat self-damage. Damage spells like Self-Destruct, Blasphemous Act and Chain Reaction damage Smaug while removing enemy creatures to instantly generate massive piles of Treasure tokens. The deck weaponises this explosive wealth through two primary paths: Artifact Token Output Burn: High-impact triggers from cards like Mirkwood Bats, Reckless Fireweaver, and Marionette Apprentice drain opponents as Treasures enter and leave the battlefield. Power Scaling: Cards like Cranial Plating and Nettlecyst scale directly with your artifact count to turn Smaug or your token-generating engines into lethal, game-ending threats. Cash in your tokens as pure ramp resources to cast your high-cost, high-impact threats ahead of the curve. Cards like Fiendlash, Pain For All, Pariah's Shield, Brash Taunter and Wrathful Red Dragon further exploit Smaug's triggered ability, turning him into an outlet for direct damage. Hellkite Tyrant and Desert Were-Worm also provide alternative win conditions to the primary burn strategy.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 22, 2026

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 22, 2026

I've always liked Living Weapon, For Mirrodin!, and Job Select equipment. They come with their own creature built in, so you're never stuck with a weapon and nobody around to hold it. Usually this kind of equipment carries a high mana cost, since you're basically getting two cards in one, and that's why it doesn't see much play. So it's nice that this deck stays pretty cheap for an equipment deck. No self-respecting dwarf would ever pass up a discount on a weapon, or the chance to improve one! That's why I chose Dwalin to command this deck — Hone counters turn every one of these weapons into something worth having. There's real fun in building a board out of forgotten, often-cheap equipment and watching it grow into something dangerous. Same goes for the manabase: Mountains, Plains, and a few cheap duals, with The Lonely Mountain and Dwarven Mine adding some flavour and pulling in extra dwarves along the way. Closing a game out usually comes down to Neyali, Reyav, and Dáin, who all hand out double strike in their own way. Suddenly a handful of scrappy Germs and Rebels is hitting for twice as much. . Dwalin himself can just as easily close it out with commander damage, if you load him up with finely honed gear.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 22, 2026

The Notary Hobbits

Aug 22, 2026

Welcome to my deck submission for Prof's Hobbit deck building contest! This is your standard big green stompy deck, but with some hobbit/halfing love. Ramp, ramp, and ramp is the name of the game to fuel into some big x spell creatures to close out the game. Hence why there are hydras, plus I think J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth would've been the perfect setting for hydras. I hope you enjoy!

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 22, 2026

Balin, Loremaster

Aug 22, 2026

Blast your opponents away with this incredibly unique deck, while utilizing the power of summoning dwarves and creating copies of your triggered abilities, primarily with Balin, Loremaster! Take the meaning of "throwing your cards at your opponents" to a whole new level!

The Great Goblin

Aug 22, 2026

Tried to keep Budget and goblin shenanigans.

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 22, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 22, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 22, 2026

Tom Bombadil

Aug 22, 2026

___Despite appearances, this is not just an annoying, sloppy meme deck. I can assure you, I fully intend to create and use this build. What this deck is actually about is sacrificing direct defenses to try and shake things up a bit. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ___As I'm sure you've noticed, I have abstained from including many of the tools most players feel are compulsory. Most of that stuff is still there (kind of), in the sagas. You're just gonna have to plan ahead a little more, that's all. No biggie! I mean, you can read minds, right? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ___To be clear, this deck is not built for consistency. It is purposely designed to give you a different path forward every time you run it. I could go off all day about the fun combos I plan to do with these cards, and I know there's plenty of other opportunities I can't see yet. There will likely be terrible dud starts, but that's a risk I'm willing to take. Winning isn't the only way to have fun. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ___As for the price quote, I know it's a bit heavy but I think it's worth it in the long run. If you'd like to reduce costs I've got a list of 15 alternative cards you can swap in to replace the more expensive stuff: - Down, Down to Goblin-Town - Korvold and the Noble Thief - Origin of the Avengers - Ornithopter of Paradise - Summon: Primal Odin - Sylvan Caryatid - Tale of Tinuviel - The Misty Mountains Cold - The Phasing of Zhalfir - The Rise of Sozin/Fire Lord Sozin - The World Spell - Time of Ice - Waking the Trolls - War of the Last Alliance - World War Hulk

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 22, 2026

Gandalf was delayed.. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWJ6uf8AGE) The deck plays as a Wizard tribal midrange/spellslinger deck. Early turns build mana and establish legendary Wizards, increasing the size of the spells Gandalf, Party Guest can cast for free. Cheap spells keep the party going, while other Wizards and spell payoffs generate cards, tokens and increasingly large combat buffs. The main finishers are deliberately excessive spells such as Volcanic Vision, River's Rebuke, Soulfire Eruption, Mnemonic Deluge and Apex of Power. Gandalf of the Secret Fire is the alternative commander mainly because he shares the Jeskai colour identity and I wanted an alternative commander from either LOTR or the Hobbit which was limiting. The other Jeskai Middle-earth legends, Aragorn and Éowyn, were already used as commanders in the official Riders of Rohan precon.

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 22, 2026

Bilbo and friends are trying to get in with his trusty sting to find some treasure and card draw, calling on artifacts and magics from the loot he finds. Use the appropriate adventure sides of spells and graveyard mechanics like flashback and harmonise to have bilbos discount really take shape, making sure every draw and discard provides extra value. Keeping within the pre con level and $150 price was important to me, there are clear upgrades for the deck that could be added but as something that at its heart is a commander deck for both beginners and experienced players alike i think it works well. Thanks and enjoy!!

Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning

Aug 22, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 22, 2026

Smaug’s Desolation Smaug, Wicked Worm runs this Rakdos “lost precon” like a very angry protection racket: Goblins do the work, Dragons provide enforcement, and Treasure pays for everything. The deck is designed to play cleanly out of the box through three overlapping themes — Goblins, Dragons and Treasure — without handing the player every optimized combo piece. Smaug and Magda build the hoard, cheap Goblins keep the early turns active, and the Dragon package gives the deck its heavy finishers. The fun starts when those themes begin crossing over. Krenko, Mob Boss + Raphael, Tough Turtle turns every new Goblin into direct damage. Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei gives the horde haste while also bridging the Goblin and Dragon plans. Brightstone Ritual and Skirk Prospector can turn a board full of Goblins into the mana needed to release the bigger Dragons. And if simply attacking with Goblins becomes too conventional, Descent of the Dragons provides the perfectly sensible option of turning the workforce into an air force. Smaug’s other forms are hidden further up the chain of command. Smaug the Magnificent rewards a huge Treasure hoard, while Smaug the Impenetrable combines particularly unpleasantly with damage-based board wipes and Pain for All — what looks like a reset button can instead leave Smaug alive, generate a pile of Treasure, and hurt everyone else. There are smaller bits of mischief throughout: Goblin Matron and Sarkhan’s Triumph let the player choose which part of the deck they need, Fin Fang Foom rewards the land/artifact interaction package, and My Precious can protect an important creature while fitting the Hobbit theme perfectly. The goal was to make something that feels like a real Commander precon: playable immediately, slightly rough around the edges, with several directions a player could upgrade rather than one solved strategy. On the surface it is Goblins, Dragons and Treasure. Underneath, somebody has clearly been wiring things together that probably should not have been connected.

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Aug 22, 2026

The Queen of Dale

Aug 22, 2026

Overwhelm your opponents with both card draw and bodies as every noncreature spell they cast creeps you closer to your win conditions! Finish them off by pumping your board to a massive size, or by reanimating all the value pieces you lost along the way! A 150 dollar budget mono white tokens deck with The Queen of Dale at the helm, and an alternate commander in Belladonna Took. The deck contains ZERO double faced cards as most precons do, and the 10 unique double-faced tokens that are usually included would be able to support all the tokens needed for the deck.

Elrond, Moon-Reader

Aug 22, 2026

Elrond, Moon-Reader features as the main commander for this list, leveraging the activated abilites of the many mana-focused creatures to draw cards while progressing your mana pool. Use cards like Jodah's Avenger or Mothdust Changeling to ensure Elrond triggers on your opponent's turns to dig deep into the deck, then drop high mana cards like Agent of Treachery or Scourge of Fleets alongside Elrond's secondary ability to dominate the game. A package of moonfolk have been included as well to provide a small lands-matters subtheme to give the deck some spice. Use cards like Wonderscape Sage or Ghost Town to ensure you're always triggering landfall on cards like Roil Elemental or Retreat to Coralhelm. Gandalf, Shadow's Foe features as an optional substitute commander for this deck in typical precon fashion, with cards included to focus on more of a blink strategy to go there and back again. *Please note that creatures tapping for mana, cycling or using encore are considered activated abilities and will trigger Elrond.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 22, 2026

All about recruiting your fellow humans to your side. Follow your heart and you can never be misguided. Always remember to support your fellow man.

The Great Goblin

Aug 22, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 22, 2026

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 22, 2026

Smaug loves his treasure, so why not give him more of it? This deck focuses on building a massive treasure hoard and using it to fuel Smaug and his allies. A collection of dragons, treasure-makers, and payoffs lets the deck turn its growing wealth into overwhelming mana and damage. I built the deck around the suggested $150 average budget, intentionally leaving out some of the more expensive synergistic cards while keeping plenty of room for future upgrades. After all, even Smaug had to start somewhere when building his hoard!

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 22, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 21, 2026

An army under Bard, King of Dale, draws strength from every ally to summon massive reinforcements and overwhelm foes with unified, unstoppable strength in battle. Draw cards and recruit Humans to make a massive board to bury your opponents.

Belladonna Took

Aug 21, 2026

let belladonna pop off, pop off when she pops off

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 21, 2026

Hunt with Ferocious Wargs. The deck focuses on the wolf tribal, as well as "Ferocious" and abilities akin to it. The primary commander is "Chief of the Wilds" and the secondary commander is "The Chief Warg." CotW works thematically for the tribal theme, TCW works thematically for the "Ferocious" theme, so both should be interchangeable based on your personal preference. The deck was constructed with the same 150$ average budget in mind. Though price can and will fluctuate after publishing this deck, it will hopefully even out as the Chief of the Wilds becomes more widely available with "Battle of the Five Armies" release.

Elrond, Master of Healing & Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

Aug 21, 2026

Manipulate the top of your library to play lands on each of your turns. Let the Scry lead to landfall

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 21, 2026

This deck is an attempt to combine my three favorite themes of the Hobbit: Dwarves, their military devices, and their treasure. My thoughts were to get out all those cool Dwarves we love to see, make lots of treasures to beef them up and cast the important stuff, and give them equipment to keep them alive. Hope you enjoy

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 21, 2026

Draw cards and put artifacts in the graveyard (map out the plan) then buff Bilbo with counters (build up his courage)then make him unblockable (turn him invisible) and attack to trigger his ability and cast artifacts from the graveyard (get the treasure and get out). I also added a couple extra win cons with twenty toed toad and cyberdrive awakener.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 21, 2026

This "Precon" "Smaug's Treasure Hoard" aims to be a thematic, straightforward and fun precon level deck. _________________________________________________ The deck is mainly separated between ramp/utility artifacts (Smaug's hoard) and payoffs/snowballing engines (like Smaug himself, one of the other large dragons/creatures, or a table destroying threat such as mirkwood bats). Minor side themes that support the main plan without getting in the way are goading enemy creatures and gifting artifacts to opponents, which is both a fun minigame and helps you even more when Smaug hits the table. _________________________________________________ Cards I would have liked to add if they weren't as expensive would be: [Smaug the Impenetrable] or [Smaug the Magnificent] [Revel in riches] [Descent into Avernus] [Curse of Opulence] As they are all both very entertaining to play, but also support the deck on a gameplay and thematic level _________________________________________________ Some of the cards I would have had new hobbit art made for would be: [Hoard Hauler] (make it a dwarf mining cart or something) [Annihilating Glare](smaug glaring towards where bilbo is hiding) [Faithless Looting] (smaug entering the mountain and driving the dwarves out) [Disrupt Decorum] (Elves and Dwarves fighting over gold) [Coveted Jewel] (showing either Bilbo or Thoren reaching for the Arkenstone) _________________________________________________ For gameplay I tried to keep it straightforward and not overly powerful while still having some complexity and fun big bombs that have a "cool" factor. It can constantly drop a big cool dragon or Balrog on turn 6 which I feel is reasonable for a precon, while also having some fun "advanced" synergies like some of the curse mirror tech options. Also I kept the land count lower than I would personally run because that tends to be the precon way. _________________________________________________ If you were willing to read through all of that thank you! I formatted this text kinda weird cause it wouldn't let me space things out and I wanted to make it somewhat easier to read lol :/ Would love to hear what you think of my "precon" build! :D

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 21, 2026

An Azorius deck based around The Hobbit’s Recruit mechanic. Go wide with tokens by discarding cards with flashback, then pump them up with anthems! Wield either Bard as your commander, play the Heir of Girion to smooth out your early game or the King of Dale to double the value of your recruitments.

Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

Aug 21, 2026

Mono-white reanimator where the commander has built in evasion. Self-sac artifacts for card draw and creatures for protection/removal. Bounce lands and catch-up ramp to get out the big three - Hammer, Akroma, and Colossus (if you don't get them out the graveyard somehow). The utility land base can also generate counters and more draw. Cute little tutor package to get you used to shuffling-Oswald feels really good. Cutting out the 10 most expensive cards (lookin at you Queen of Dale) can get the price well below 100USD. On the other hand, easily upgraded with things like Altar of dementia, Grinding Station, Extraplanar lens, even Bilbo's ring. Win-cons are commander/combat damage and removing your opponents permanents until they submit.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 21, 2026

The Notary Hobbits

Aug 21, 2026

Smother your friends to death by overwhelming them with notaries! This deck aims to make as many copies of the commander as possible with populate or token doubling effects and includes some secret surprises win-cons in hurricanes and sands of delirium. This precon level deck includes some necessary reprints that would certainly get people buying and remains balanced enough for a bracket 2-3 pod. Enjoy!

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 21, 2026

Treasures Beyond Measure

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 21, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 21, 2026

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

Aug 21, 2026

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

Aug 21, 2026

Elves are cool! Boats are also cool! heck what if they wanted the Arkenstone to combine the boats into their very own Voltron robot?? That's pretty cool! Think of Mechatitan Core as the Arkenstone. Thranduil is out here making elves to help crew all these boats to get in for damage and ideally make something else on the side. Eventually we'll get the Core out and create a robot so cool every weeb will cry out to build the model! The goal of the deck was to ideally not just make an elf-typal "go wide and swing" deck. Granted this deck does do that...quite a bit! But I promise it's so they can keep crewing the boats!!!! Who's going to carry the boats Professor???

The Lord of the Eagles

Aug 21, 2026

The idea behind this deck was that every card expect for lands and artifacts had either a bird, drake, or bird headed creature in the artwork. This deck isn't the greatest thing I've ever built but it's a pretty solid mono blue flyers and value deck. Using cards like Gravitational Shift to reduce opposing creatures power you can fly to victory, while Coastal Piracy keeps your hand full

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 21, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 21, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 21, 2026

This deck was designed to fill your hand while utilizing lifegainers to scale your life total with the oppressive board state you create. Keeping this deck as cheap as possible was particularly challenging and that added restriction created a very rewarding experience. This was a blast to build and play-test with my friends.

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot

Aug 21, 2026

An Honest Burglar - More or Less... Bilbo Baggins had never thought himself a burglar. He had left his comfortable home with little need for treasure, and still less desire for danger. Yet the road has a curious way of changing such things. From the Trollshaws to the dark beneath the mountains, Bilbo learns that a small thing may prove useful long after greater things have failed. Trinkets are gathered, riddles are answered, and a simple ring becomes a treasure beyond reckoning. And Bilbo himself discovers that there is more to burgling than merely taking what does not belong to you. Burglar's Plot lies at the heart of the deck. The small companions and curious things gathered along the road serve their purpose before being traded for greater treasures. Liquimetal Coating and Liquimetal Torque make even the most unlikely things fit for a bargain, while a Lucky Clover may turn one fortunate exchange into two. Even Bilbo's discarded possessions need not go to waste. Currency Converter turns the things left behind into new opportunities, ready to serve their purpose before becoming part of another bargain. But a burglar who knows how to enter must also know how to leave. Crystal Shard, This Town Ain't Big Enough, Narset's Reversal, and Sanctum of Eternity help Bilbo slip away and begin his adventure anew. Again and again he ventures forth, passing unseen, gathering what he finds, and returning with rather more than he took with him. There are Riddles in the Dark along the way, the Trollshaws to cross, a Great Gilded Boat to board, and, of course, Bilbo's Ring. And when the road has grown long, there is always the Green Dragon Inn waiting at its end. Yet Bilbo's adventures leave their mark. Every tale told and every card drawn feeds Chasm Skulker, Alandra, Sky Dreamer, and the ever-growing Homunculus Horde, until even a company that began with little may become a threat of its own. Bilbo begins his journey with no army, no great weapon, and little treasure to his name. Fortunately, a good burglar need not bring the most valuable things to the table. The other players have done that for him.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 21, 2026

The whole deck is built around putting +1/+1 counters on your creatures, making a board that can go wide and/or tall, and making holes in your opponents defenses. There are a handful of cards with ferocious and similar effect that gain to benefit from casting big creatures and spells. By using fight/bite spells and giving your creatures menace, you can control the board in a way that leaves opening to be exploited. Additionally, there are a few options to make creatures unblockable. Cards like Seismic Tutelage result in game ending threats quickly (basically turning any of your creatures into a hydra in a turn or two). While other cards like Primal Vigor and Garruk's Uprising help overwhelm opponents with a wide but low board. I originally built the deck around The Chief Warg and it can be subbed in as an alternative commander if you want a more draw heavy deck. I set myself ~$100 budget and originally limited myself to LotR, Hobbit, and Foundations. After which I filled holes and padded using the rest of magic's library, including some cards I would love to see reprinted. If I were to make any more changes, it would be to the mana base. Ditch some of the basics and replace them with better lands, but I couldn't in good faith put a bunch of $10+ lands into this.

Elrond, Moon-Reader

Aug 21, 2026

The idea for this deck came from the scene in Rivendell where Elrond holds Thrór's Map up to the moonlight and discovers the hidden entrance to Erebor. I wanted the deck to feel like that moment mechanically. Most of the creatures are readers, scouts, birds, sailors, and other travelers with activated abilities. By using those abilities during each player's turn, Elrond keeps revealing more of the journey, one card at a time. Cards such as Thrór's Map, Key to the Side-Door, Uncover the Moon-Letters, Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll, and Gone Fishing help tell the story of the expedition. Elrond can also blink creatures and Sagas, letting you reuse them as though he were going back over different parts of the tale. My favorite part of the deck is its hidden win condition: Triskaidekaphile. If you begin your upkeep with exactly thirteen cards in hand, you win, representing Thorin and the twelve Dwarves setting out together.

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Aug 21, 2026

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot

Aug 20, 2026

Play as the titular character of the set and fulfill his job as the thief of the party. Swap your weaker permanents other players' shiny things and continually bounce your permanents back to hand for repeated value.

The Chief Warg

Aug 20, 2026

Inspire your weaker creatures with the new Ferocious ability

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 20, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 20, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 20, 2026

Ferocious Wargs assemble! Overrun your opponents with fierce wolves (and a few human friends) using this four-power or more themed deck.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 20, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 20, 2026

This deck is a journey through The Hobbit from Bilbo's perspective, capturing Bilbo’s adventure alongside his companions, his discoveries, and dangers he encounters along the way. The gameplay is intentionally simple and kept at precon-level. The goal is to get Bilbo through while filling the graveyard to boost your options. I hope that by playing this deck, you will have your own adventure.. and what an adventure it will be! With clever tricks, narrow escapes, and unlikely treasures perhaps you will sneakily win the day.

The Notary Hobbits

Aug 20, 2026

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 20, 2026

This deck celebrates the dwarves from the hobbit set reinforced by on-theme, in-universe options that still fall within a precon budget. Pump out dwarven threats and set up an arsenal of equipment to pressure the board. Thorin, King of Durin's Folk rallies our board in the mid-game; sending power stat-lines through the roof to hammer down opponents' life totals.

The Great Goblin

Aug 20, 2026

The Great Goblin deals non-combat player damage every time you Amass. Then you sacrifice the Army to deal more damage, gain health, draw cards, and mill your opponents. It’s “OOPS! Just Goblins (… orcs and zombies), no Storm.” It’s Pain & Gain. You know the drill. "We're the Aristocrats!" You also might be saying, I don’t know… seems expensive. Fair, then replace Palantir and Bowmasters with a Sulfurous Springs and a Skirk Prospector and call it a day, you fiscally responsible beaut. P.S. - today is my birthday. Does that count for extra points? No? Alright, just checking.

The Master of Lake-town

Aug 20, 2026

You know what your friends will hate more than getting killed by your creatures? Getting killed by THEIR creatures! This mono-black precon is helmed by a devastating mill threat in the command zone and backed up by other mill staple cards. It features every reanimate-your-friend's-creatures cards I could find throughout Magic's history. This is sure to be a hilarious (for you) and interactive deck to pilot. Will you win? No idea, but it will be fun! Mill them, take them, swing them - No graveyard is safe when the Master is in Town!

The Lord of the Eagles

Aug 20, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 20, 2026

I resisted putting some cards in to keep in mostly on theme- and obviously opted out of some great ones to keep it budget friendly. Roaming throne for example and the one ring would be nice additions. Could swap out some of the bears- It’s fun to turn some of the creatures into bears. Enjoy!

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 20, 2026

This deck was designed with the requirements of a precon in mind. It features 11 new cards from the set, equivalent to the number of new cards introduced in an average precon. The gameplan is straightforward for new players, while still leaning into the new commander's strengths. You flash in creatures and destroy your opponent's permanents, while building up a meaty board of your own. Deathtouch creatures act as de-facto creature removal, while ETBs target enchantments and artifacts. A hefty draw package ensures you never run out of cards, and trample enablers help you end the game. Adventures, which feature heavily in the main Hobbit set, also make a minor appearance within this deck as a way to introduce new players to the mechanic. Beorn can act as a backup commander for those who want a simpler gameplan of just slamming big creatures down and swinging in. 14 pieces of 2-3 mana ramp and a healthy smattering of bears in the list ensure that Beorn can hit the ground running, while assisting Radagast's primary gameplan. Finally, the price is, in theory, somewhat affordable; while the deck is listed at $85 at the time of posting (still too high!), the majority of this cost is due to the cards from the Hobbit set itself. I've playtested it with friends, and had a blast. I hope you enjoy it too!

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 20, 2026

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 20, 2026

This deck showcases the army of men and its main mechanic—"recruit". The only cards included are from the Hobbit products including The Hobbit Secret Lairs, as well as more lands from The Lord of the Rings: Tale of Middle-earth.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 20, 2026

I have put together what I consider to be the most logical choice for a hobbit related commander deck, from the perspective of WOTC executives. Let me explain: The hobbit lends itself to 5 commander decks based on the battle of the 5 armies. WOTC execs decided they could potentially make more money releasing this as a standalone product, so they are no longer viable commander deck options. This really leaves 2 main options - a deck built around Bilbo, or a deck built around Gollum. A deck built around Bilbo would be too similar to the hobbit precon from the main LOTR set, so Gollum it is. "I heard that there is a Gollum movie coming out", says one WOTC exec, "this will tie in nicely. But how do we make sure this deck sells?" After much discussion they realise that customers loved to collect the 9 different Nazgul artworks. A reprint of a fresh set of 9 Nazgul in the old hobbit art style would make this a must-buy for any fan! With these prompts, the deck was put together based on normal precon considerations - mythic rare commander, a few higher value reprints, and an otherwise serviceable deck. Thematically this deck ties in with the upcoming 'Hunt for Gollum' movie by playing Gollum, getting value from each of his abilities, then sacrificing him to get some other benefit. But as we know Gollum is difficult to kill, which is why there are so many supernatural stamina-like effects. These have the added benefit of resetting Gollum to use all his abilities again. The remainder of the deck is largely aristocrats staples, with preference given to thematically appropriate card names.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 20, 2026

The main wincon is to slowly drain your opponents through token sacrificing. However, if you get to draw the big guy "Craterhoof Behemoth", then you should win next turn.

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 20, 2026

Follow Dwalin into the smithy, and watch as he hones usually lackluster equipment into unstoppable killing machines. Use many useful cheap equipment, before buffing them up through Dwalin's hone ability, and proliferate to further increase their effectiveness. Equipment with counter synergies are chosen to further increase the impact of this proliferation. With incremental card draw through equipment payoffs and a wide board of boardwipe-dodging equipment, this deck is both fast and resilient. While Dwalin's first strike and commander damage makes him a prime equip target, don't be too hasty loading all of the equipment onto him and giving your opponents an easy removal target. This deck has a very low mana curve, so prioritize setting up draw engines above all else, with having as many equipment on the field being the next most important objective. Winning: Commander damage obviously works, but other notable win conditions involve giggling skitterspike, soul immolation, and chandra's ignition which all turn 1 big creature into a game-ender. This deck also very easily deals damage over time to players with their defenses down, and chipping opponents down is a viable strategy to help finishing them off in the endgame. Other notes: Sheltered by ghosts and curse of opulence are generally good cards, but are primarily here to be legal search targets for Axgard armory, which finds an equipment and aura at the same time. There are multiple obvious upgrades to this deck with expensive equipment and equipment payoffs, but this deck was already pushing the price of what a precon's singles cost when announced, which is how I interpreted "decks that are about the price of a precon"

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 20, 2026

Assemble the hounds and invade some of the most famous planes in the Magic: The Gathering mythos with this commander precon! This deck is full of wolves and battles with triggered abilities to copy and out-value your opponents with. Also included is a small human subtheme supported by cards such as Torgal, A Fine Hound and Master of the Wild Hunt. But don't worry, you won't need to track day and night with this deck as werewolf cards have been excluded for streamlined gameplay.

Sauron, the Dark Lord

Aug 20, 2026

Kíli the Resourceful

Aug 20, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 20, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 20, 2026

Gandalf and his eclectic band of spell slingers are gonna sling their way to victory! WotC gave Gandalf a wizard typal ability, like Middle Earth is Hogwarts or some sh**. Really though, I’m pumped about this card as a commander. There is room for upgrades for some spells that can end the game a little more expeditiously, but I think this offers enough disruption and combat effects that can win a game or two at the precon power level.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 20, 2026

Tom, Bert, William, and a few other troll friends scour mirkwood for food and high power creatures to eat. A few interesting interactions: Baloth Prime can lend stun counters with nesting grounds, and also combos nicely with Gitrog Monster to make tokens and draw cards. Varolz and Deathclaws make huge buffs scavenging the 'yard and make excellent finishers. Tutor them up with Pollen and Fauna Shaman! Don't be shy about drawing a million cards and discarding to buff up Lotleth Troll. NEW CARDS Azog can hit your Hunted Troll, and then you can regenerate it for a cheap 8/8 army. Rhavonian Rampager is a powerhouse in this deck. beat with it. eat it. beat with the army it leaves behind. Excellent card exhibiting all strategies at once. Our Troll Trio love to eat a rotten Rakshasa. 3 mana draw 5 and set up a cardboard cutout army for your oppenents later on? seems fine. Radagast and Beorn are just Strong. You just play them and they do their thing and its great. sometimes no synergy is great synergy. Let beorn take some heat off the draw-a-million-cards strategy because if they don't they die to the bear. Speaking of, Gigantic Big Bear! It beats! Trolls Eats! Also don't neglect to eat the Mayor of Lake Town. He is tastier than he looks. Make food! Make your food revive a troll king. make it have crazy abilities from a squirrel witch (bonus points for golden goose to make your food make food). The food subtheme is minor, but just about everything that makes food, cares about it and makes it more useful.

The Chief Warg

Aug 20, 2026

Face your opponents with Azog's faithful warg, imagined through "The Chief Warg". Wargs hunt in packs - build up the hunting force that will overpower your foes and only grow stronger with each strike, kill or creature that joins. But death is not the end. Use your grave to either power up existing creatures or to bring back threatening pieces that were thought to be dealt with, a reminder that the hunt never ends.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 19, 2026

The deck was inspired from the Great Gilded Boat card to draw, create tokens, and crew vehicles.

The Chief Warg

Aug 19, 2026

The idea of the deck is to keep a big body so you can draw extra cards each turn

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 19, 2026

Gandalf throws a rager of a house party with plenty to eat and too much careless spellcasting. It gets awkward when Saruman shows up with uninvited orcs. And who let that peasant crash? An overwhelmed doorman tries to keep track of all the other guests: "Who do you know here?" -Volo, Itinerant Scholar

The Great Goblin

Aug 19, 2026

The deck capitalizes on putting counters on creatures to constantly burn and gain card advantage.

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 19, 2026

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane envisages the mighty Maia holding off an amassed goblin hoard in defense of his companions. Individually no goblin can hope to match the powerful wizard, so Gandalf's focus is on casting flurries of smaller spells to inflicting multiple instances of burn. Gandalf is assisted by a party of wizards/shamans and archers, designed to inflict an ever increasing amount of long range damage. And for close quarters combat, a party of dwarves is more than ready to trample over their natural goblin foes. With each spell powering up Gandalf's wrath, it is perhaps the goblins who should begin to be dreadfully afraid

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 19, 2026

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 19, 2026

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 19, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 19, 2026

Get the wolf pack going. Helmed by Chief of the Wilds

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 19, 2026

This is a soldier tribal deck with Bard, King of Dale at the helm. The goal of the deck is to go wide and pump up your soldiers with anthem effects. There is a subtheme of drawing extra cards for payoffs to cycle through and find the tokens and their enablers for a wide board. Recruit is the obvious overlap of the two strategies, while there isn't a lot of these in the set they should always feel like a good payoff in either theme. Bard, King of Dale doubles all card draw and token creation to help go wide, while the backup commander Bard, Heir of Girion pumps up the wider board and provides consistent card draw for a brave army that swings every turn. This deck leaves room for growth as players can choose to enhance the tribal strategies or lean away for better "go-wide" strategies not restricted to the soldier archetype. They may even synergize better with card draw mechanics in the process.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 19, 2026

Join the Bilbo, Gandalf, and the dwarven company under Thorin Oakenshield in their journey to reclaim what's rightfully theirs from the dragon Smaug.

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 19, 2026

Billlllbooooo bagginsssss Mayhem! Flashback! Retrace! Foretell! Disturb! Cast from Exile! Cast From Library! Bilbo is here with his bag of tricks to get close to being an affinity pile but retaining some of that classic hobbit charm. Stock your graveyard with tolarian winds and use all of your spells twice (or more!) to beat down your foes. Set up value engines early and finish big with cards like wurmcoil engine and portal to phyrexia, or just stab them with a big bilbo. Swap with the backup commander Emry to change things up! Upgrade this deck with mdfc lands, fast mana like lotus petal, and storm payoffs like aetherflux to go all the way there and back again. The deck mulligans incredibly well, and is quite consistent on getting up and running. Targeted hate gets rough as the deck can't support a traditional counterspell package, but the deck can interact at instant speed.

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 19, 2026

The Great Goblin

Aug 19, 2026

This deck is helmed by the Great Goblin. Put various counters on your goblins/orcs/army to burn your opponents while utilizing his second ability as an impulse draw engine. Whether it be with an army to bash them or by using Tarrian's Soulcleaver/Blade of the Bloodchief to beat them with your commander or another threatening goblin. Then when your'e all finished with your big goblin/army/orc, Fling it, Soul Immolate it or even fight it with Brash Taunter for some extra damage. If all that goes askew you can use cards like Skirk Prospector to build up mana and build storm with the Great Goblins card advantage engine to finish them with a big storm Empty the Warrens finish! Enjoy!

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 19, 2026

This is an aggressive Rakdos deck whose gameplan is to use treasure tokens to either bring out the Stupendous himself much earlier than usual or to burn the opposing players to ash with token ETB and LTB effects and more targeted damaging spells. This deck intentionally excludes non-Hobbit / LoTR Universes Beyond and keeps some stronger and more optimized cards out to be in-line with precons WotC has produced in the past.

Thorin, Company's Leader

Aug 19, 2026

There are 2 relevant things in a dwarfs mind: Battles & Treasures. This deck combines both sides into a pile of many angry dwarfes, who seek their glory in battle, equipped with legendary equipment and one common goal: create Treasures to create more Treasures. In order to achieve our goal the decks focus is on a tempo gameplan around our commander thorin. We want to play some dwarfes and when thorin enters the battlefield we slam our forces at our enemies to generate our precious treasure tokens to play more dwarfes and create more treasure tokens. But what would be an army of dwarfes without any finely crafted weapons of war. So get out your artifacts and equip your dwarfes, your enemies wont wait for you. (The focus of this deck was mainly to create a flavorful bracket 2 precon style deck instead of a pure powerhouse of good cards. As a result not every card was picked, because it was optimal, but to keep the flavor in line with the rest of the deck. Hope you like it ^^)

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 19, 2026

Dáin of the Ancient Halls

Aug 19, 2026

Gandalf, Wandering Wizard

Aug 19, 2026

Build mana, acumulate knowledge, protect Gandalf, then turn Gandalf's ability into a crazy-draw engine.

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 19, 2026

Smaug has taken over the treasure troves. This Hobbit themed deck has you on an unexpected adventure of gathering dwarves, using treasures, and doling out damage. The deck is inspired where all cards that are not Hobbit or LOTR designs already, could be redrawn for the realms. Ping your commander and opponents at the same time with creatures and spells to keep the game rolling. As you approach end game, save up those treasures to cast large finale type spells or Revel in (your) Riches. The deck is designed with upgradeability in mind, while still being a blast to play. Expect to search for further win conditions, game changers, and upgrading the land base a little further if you want to turn this from a preconstructed deck to an epic journey.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 19, 2026

Belladonna Took

Aug 18, 2026

Belladonna Took knows that the more company comes to the table, the merrier the celebration. Fill it with Humans, Hobbits, unexpected guests, and even a few spirits that seem to have tagged along with Andúril. Create tokens, draw cards, gain life, and strengthen your growing company until your humble gathering becomes an overwhelming force. This list embraces the spirit of a Hobbit precon, built as a Bracket 2 deck around a go-wide token strategy that rewards building a growing board and playing to the table. It leaves plenty of room for future upgrades while keeping the card selection rooted in Tolkien’s universe, avoiding cards from other intellectual properties or creature types that might feel out of place in the world of Middle-earth.

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 18, 2026

The dwarves have no use for it now, and Smaug has use for all of it. A deck that uses treasure tokens to whip up a little storm so that Smaug reminds opponents why you should never laugh at live dragons.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 18, 2026

The Sackville-Bagginses

Aug 18, 2026

A grimly extravagant Aristocrats/Treasure sacrifice deck where nothing goes to waste not creatures, not artifacts, and certainly not your opponents. The Sackville-Bagginses turn every sacrifice into an opportunity to drain life, create Treasures, and trigger a cascade of painful death effects. With Academy Manufactor, Pitiless Plunderer, Krark-Clan Ironworks, Marionette Master, Marionette Apprentice, Nadier's Nightblade, and Mirkwood Bats, your humble Treasures quickly become an engine of destruction. The game plan is simple: make things, sacrifice things, make more things, and make everyone regret letting you have a Treasure token. It's a deck about resource conversion taken to its most ridiculous extreme your creatures become cards, your artifacts become mana, your mana becomes Treasures, and your Treasures eventually become lethal damage. Flavor: The Sackville-Bagginses finally got their hands on Bag End. Unfortunately for everyone else, they also got very good at turning inherited wealth into murder.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 18, 2026

Strong Bracket 3 deck that is only a couple of upgrades away from competing in Bracket 4. The deck prioritizes making Treasure tokens early and ramping into a turn 3-4 casting of Smaug, Wicked Worm. From there, Smaug's ability to churn through the deck combined with five tutors in the deck give consistent access to a deterministic combo line (as well as a few non-deterministic lines/alternate win condition) that target a turn 6-7 play for the win. The decklist also contains a healthy amount of removal, protection, and recursion to ensure that the combo lines can go through while also preventing an opponent from running away with the game too quickly. At a low cost of $150 to build, this deck is an incredible amount of fun that can easily be cranked up to 11 with some simple upgrades (i.e. Dualcaster Mage shenanigans). I hope you enjoy my take on Smaug, Wicked Worm! Combos Include: A creature/enchantment that burns the table with Treasure token generation combined with either: Fury Storm + Storm-Kiln Artist + 4 mana + any instant/sorcery activation, Magda, Brazen Outlaw + either 10 Treasure tokens or Clock of Omens + Liquimetal Torque, Clock of Omens + Coin of Mastery + either Academy Manufacturer or Xorn. These lines will allow for infinite Treasure token generation that will burn each player for the win. Another combo line includes Scourge of Valkas + either: Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink + 9 mana, or Devastating Onslaught + 11 mana to burn each player for the win. Magda, Brazen Outlaw + 25 Treasure tokens can also bring Hellkite Tyrant out from deck at instant speed to allow for the alternate win condition to be achieved.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 18, 2026

I wanted to write out and describe some of the flavor and mechanical ideas behind the design choices in my submission to the Hobbit precon challenge, “Thieves! Fire! Murder!”, headed by Smaug, Wicked Worm. I tried to design this “precon” around recreating one of my favorite moments from The Hobbit, the moment Smaug realizes his incredibly vast hoard is missing a single golden cup. (My actual favorite moment is when Bilbo reveals himself to the dwarf camp after escaping the Misty Mountains, but I found that slightly more difficult to recreate through a Commander deck.) The idea of thieves encroaching on a dragon’s hoard, followed by the dragon awakening and unleashing fire and murder upon its intrusive guests, is the core of this deck’s identity. I wanted the deck to punish the other players for their greed, while Smaug’s own avarice remains almost impossible to eclipse. I also tried to keep the deck within a reasonable precon budget, at least before the inevitable devaluation caused by reprints, and like actual precons, leave some clear and easy areas for potential upgrades both from within the set and from Magic at large. -Upgrades: There were several cards I considered because of how naturally they fit the deck, but ultimately did not include because the aggregate price of the deck was threatening to become unrealistic for a true “precon.” That said, actual precons often seem very aware of the cards that could be great inclusions without putting every one of them in the deck. It gives players obvious upgrade paths, encourages them to interact with the larger Magic community, and naturally encourages them to buy more sealed products from WOTC. -Better Treasure Generation- Goldspan Dragon Cavern Hoard Dragon Professional Face Breaker Rain of Riches Xorn Dragon Cursed Halls Smaug the Magnificent Ancient Copper Dragon The Reaver Cleaver -High Synergy Upgrades- Academy Manufactor Grim Hireling Alchemist’s Talent Warren Soultrader Bottle Cap Blast Dragon’s Desire Mycosynth Lattice -Better Win Conditions- Torment of Hailfire Bolas’s Citadel Revel in Riches -And truly, there are many more.- - Gameplay- At its core, the deck seeks to generate Treasure tokens quickly, sacrifice them for more value than our opponents, and then amplify both sides of that equation through Smaug. Once Smaug enters the picture, the deck can begin overwhelming the table through the enormous amounts of mana and card advantage that our Treasure engine provides. There are a few different pieces working together to make that happen. -Building Our Own Hoard- Some cards simply generate Treasures independently of our commander, giving us the resources necessary to start building Smaug’s hoard before he ever arrives. Lobelia Sackville Baggins is one example. There are plenty of other Treasure generators throughout the deck as well, making sure we are rarely completely dependent on Smaug to get started. -Giving Our Opponents Treasure- Other cards deliberately give our opponents artifacts in order to further push the value we gain from playing Smaug. One of my favorite things about this interaction is that giving each player one Treasure can, in theory, mean three Treasures for us in a typical four player Commander game. -Cards that play into this include: Bloodvial Purveyor Descent into Avernus Marching Duodrone Normally, giving our opponents free resources would be dangerous. Here, though, that generosity is temporary. We are inviting them to become greedy so Smaug can punish them for it later. -Punishing Greed- Some cards seek to damage our opponents either when we use our Treasures or simply because our opponents have been foolish enough to accumulate Treasures of their own. -Cards such as:- Generous Plunderer Weftstalker Ardent Mirkwood Bats The Sackville Bagginses These slowly chip away at the table while reinforcing the flavor of the deck. Everyone wants a piece of the hoard, but possessing it comes with consequences. - Rewarding Us for Spending the Hoard- Still other cards simply reward us for using and sacrificing our Treasures. -Examples include: Crime Novelist Moriok Rigger Shard of the Void Dragon Together, these cards make sacrificing Treasure feel like more than simply producing mana. Each Treasure can trigger several different pieces of the deck at once, turning the act of spending Smaug’s hoard into another engine of value. - Removal and Card Advantage- The deck also includes card draw and removal that take advantage of our large number of artifacts and Treasure tokens. Cards like Battle at the Bridge, Starstorm, and Monumental Corruption help convert the hoard we have built into removal, cards, or other forms of advantage. -I also love Wildfire in this deck.- Because we are so heavily invested in Treasure generation, destroying lands is generally going to hurt our opponents much more than it hurts us. Even after the battlefield burns, Smaug is still sitting on a mountain of gold. -Which feels appropriate.- -Winning the Game- Eventually, all of this Treasure generation, sacrifice value, and incidental damage has to actually kill someone. Sometimes that means simply flying overhead with dragons such as Freejam Regent, after our Treasure production has allowed us to deploy threats much faster than normal. Sometimes it means winning outright with Hellkite Tyrant if our hoard has grown large enough. Other times, the deck threatens lethal by constantly pinging away at the table until everyone’s life total collapses under the combined pressure of cards like Mirkwood Bats, and Descent into Avernus. The end result should feel less like assembling one specific combo and more like Smaug finally waking up. The table has spent the game stealing, hoarding, and getting greedy. Eventually the dragon notices. -Flavorful Choices and Art Opportunities- My favorite part of precons is seeing new art for old cards that completely reshapes how you see them. I love when just a slight twist in perspective, combined with inspired artwork, can completely recontextualize an old card or familiar staple. Likewise, I love inclusions that do not necessarily receive new artwork but still give a knowing nod to the audience and make it obvious that the designers were very aware of the source material. -Here are some of my favorite opportunities in this deck. -Clearwater Goblet- I imagine Clearwater Goblet as a representation of the cup whose disappearance enrages Smaug and causes him to awaken. It even has some mechanical synergy through Sunburst, since our Treasure tokens can help provide the different colors of mana necessary to maximize it. It can then help us regain some of the life lost through our commander and other symmetrical effects. -Commander’s Sphere- This is my attempt at having a cheaper simulacrum of the Arkenstone within the precon. The actual mechanics are fairly simple, but it seems like a perfect opportunity for alternate artwork showing the great jewel of the Mountain. -Battle at the Bridge- The image painted of Lake town during Smaug’s attack has always left me appreciative of the idea of scuttling the bridge so Smaug cannot easily land and attack the town. Because of that, Battle at the Bridge felt like a fitting inclusion. It also happens to carry Improvise, giving it some nice mechanical synergy with all of the artifacts and Treasure tokens the deck is producing. - Fabled Passage- I think Fabled Passage offers another great opportunity for alternate art. I imagine it depicting the secret passage into Smaug’s lair shown on Thrór’s map, the hidden door revealed by the setting sun on Durin’s Day. Thieves! Fire! Murder! Many of the remaining cards fall directly into the three titular categories. -Thieves or Thieving- Al Bhed Salvagers Generous Plunderer Greedy Freebooter Hoard Robber Prosperous Bandit Wanted Scoundrels Spiteful Repossession Prying Blade -Fire- Banefire Fireball Wildfire And to be honest, I would include basically every dragon in the deck in this category as well. - Murder- Murder Grim Bounty Battle at the Bridge -The Rest of Smaug’s Hoard- The other artifacts included in the deck, while not necessarily direct references to known objects within Smaug’s treasure hoard, are meant to represent the kinds of strange riches one might find accumulated inside such an impossibly vast collection of wealth. Several of them also reinforce the idea that greed itself can be dangerous. I particularly like the trio of Jinxed artifacts for this reason. They capture the idea of greed biting back at whoever possesses them, while also synergizing with our commander and introducing an interesting political angle at the table. You can take the treasure. You just might regret it.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 18, 2026

For the record, the official deck name is "Yes, They Were Actually the 5th Army, Read the Book". I wanted to really stick to building a deck as close to the current batch of precons as I could. This deck focuses mainly on Wolf Typal, but also has +1/+1 counter synergies, token creation to go wide, a small Battle subtheme, and a Ferocious subtheme, as it is prevalent on many of the Hobbit warg cards. I tried to make things balanced, while still leaving room for powerful cards for those rare big ticket reprints. This deck can obviously be upgraded with more powerful cards, which I think is perfectly in line with the precon design philosophy. Sarulf, Realm Eater, and The Chief Warg act as lieutenants/alternate commanders for the deck.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 18, 2026

Roast them, mince them, squash them

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 18, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 18, 2026

Help Tom, Bert and William draw through to find all their troll friends by sacrificing all your undercosted creatures. Sacrifice strategically in the early game to avoid downsides, convert bad creatures into good stats in the mid game with Skullspore Nexus and Dina, Essence Brewer; then close out with board buffs on your trampling trolls thanks to your large hand size like Become the Avalanche and Inner Calm. Golgari sacrifice deck with troll and food subthemes, containing several new Hobbit cards. Even some artifact animation to keep your commander safe through multiple removal pieces. Use Radagast of Rhosgobel and Part in Friendship to replace your board at instant speed and produce huge blockers in the middle of opponent combats.

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 18, 2026

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 18, 2026

The Sackville-Bagginses

Aug 18, 2026

A precon focused on creating both creature & non-creature tokens and sacrificing them for value or ping/drain effects.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 18, 2026

Azog, Moria's Ruin

Aug 18, 2026

Try to cheat big guys on to the battlefield and get a big army and draw cards with Azog :)

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 18, 2026

This is a mostly in-universe precon design, with a couple of bombs that Bard only makes better. It centers mostly on token creation, whether that comes from the new Recruit mechanic, or various other outlets. The bombs and large token generation mostly come from outside the various Lord of the Rings products, but I think it gives enough options that you will (hopefully) hit at least one big bomb, or have one giant threat after the numerous board wipes that will be heading your way.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 18, 2026

oops all bears

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

Aug 18, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 18, 2026

Assemble your party of Legendary Wizards and combine their power to cast devastating spells! Plenty of room for upgrades and a good source of beefy spells / legendary creatures for other decks.

Aragorn, the Uniter

Aug 18, 2026

Aragorn Brings his A-Game its also really hard to keep on theme and budget, obviously we could go basic lands but unfortunately theres no language where any basic starts with an a :(

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 18, 2026

Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer

Aug 18, 2026

Bilbo voltron powered by self-mill recursion

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 18, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 18, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 18, 2026

Balancing a strategy of big, stompy creatures with built in card draw for simply having those very same creatures with your commander out, Beorn to be Wild should be an easy and fun PreCon to pilot for any new or current player of Magic the Gathering. This is a very solid bracket 2 deck that can easily be upgraded with cards such as Chronicle of Victory, Finale of Devastation, Roaming Throne, and/or Last March of the Ents for example alongside some game changers as well to get it up to a bracket 3 deck as needed, while not skimping out on value for what is already included in the PreCon itself.

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 18, 2026

Activate your wizard powers! A gathering of wizards led by Gandalf add their powers together to create devastating storms. Gandalf provides you with both card advantage and damage, letting you be flexible in how you approach games. Then you can put on the pressure with your other wizard cards to deal the final blows.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 18, 2026

Bard, king of draw and tokens. I tired to keep it flavorful with a good amount of both hobbit and lore cards. Has multiple win conditions with fun options like halo fountain, Jace (wielder of mysteries), triskadephile, lab maniac, and a straight forward win conditions with moonshaker cavalry! Putting new chase cards from the hobbit set in the deck like gleaming splendor and the queen of dale help keep the deck flavorful while keeping good value.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 18, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 18, 2026

Steal treasures from your opponents to build the hoard, then spend them to defeat your opponents.

Bolg of the North

Aug 18, 2026

We're trying to Punch in early with standard goblin fare, adding to that pressure we loop Bolg with "fake death" and recursion effects to build a massive army and take out blockers. Brash taunter and stuffy doll let Bolgs ability go face and have fun interactions with blasphemous act and fire covenant. Zada turns our Fake deaths into Heroic interventions. Clone affects can double anthems, reducers, or used with a fake death 2 commander procs. An aggressive 2 with a quirky endgame.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 18, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 18, 2026

I went for a treasure-focused Rakdos burn deck. I put in what I feel is a decent amount of treasure generation, support, and ramp. I feel that if this were to be a precon, Treasure Troves would be a suitable name.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 18, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 18, 2026

Step 1: Put land Step 2: Put Creature, make food, and counters. Step 3: ?? Step 4: Profit (Swing for game)

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 18, 2026

Basically became a Oops, all Gandalf's using cards from LOTR and HOB. The deck is on theme, throwing a party, having food and casting spells, a good olde, time. To keep on budget, using cards that you may have in your collection and not finely tune. To upgrade the deck, you can use the Jeskai, shocks, fetches and surveils, and use other cards like Monologue Tax->Gleaming Splendor 3 Plains-> Steam Vents, Sacred Foundry, Hallowed Founation 3 Islands-> Arid Mesa, Scalding Tarn, Flooded Strand 3 Mountains-> Elegant Parlor, Meticulous Archive, Thundering Falls Not counting cards that are bulk(under $2.00), and cards in a collection. The cards below, are the cost of most of the deck. 1xGandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape $7.50 1xGandalf, Shadow's Foe $19.20 1xLife of the Party $11.23 1xGlamdring $5.09 1xWizard's Staff $4.83 1xStorm of Saruman $3.20 1xCall Forth the Tempest $20.27 1xFlame of Anor $4.16 1xJeskai Revelation $8.11 1xRaugrin Triome $14.45 Total 98.04

Bard the Bowman

Aug 17, 2026

The deck's objective is to grow Bard with cantrips and keep it on board with protection spells. Magecraft synergies will allow us to draw multiple cards on our opponents' turns, a few looters will also do the job and for that we have some low-power synergies like mentor of the meek and welcoming vampire. The interaction is at a minimum considering our main way of dealing with creatures will be to force unexpected blocks by untaping our commander at instant speed. Finally the endgame contains some lifegain synergies considering our commander will gain us life pretty consistently.

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff

Aug 17, 2026

Riches to Ruin is an Orzhov Hobbit / Lord of the Rings inspired Treasure Aristocrats deck helmed by Lotho, Corrupted Sheriff. Let Lotho collect wealth from your opponents, then turn treasures into damage and value. --- As a Precon the deck has a simple and straightforward flow: use Lotho and other cards like Life Insurance, Monologue Tax, and Discerning Financier to generate your riches. Capitalize from your wealth with interest from Belladonna Took, Academy Manufactor, and Rosie Cotton. Turn your wealth into value and pain with cards like Mirkwood Bats, Lobelia, and the Marionettes. Then when you've accumulated a Smaugpile of treasure, cash it in with finishers like Exsanguinate and Debt to the Deathless to turn "Riches to Ruin". --- As a fan of DCC I saw Doug Kovacs art for this card and knew I wanted to build this one. There is no secondary commander as there are no other legendary Orzhov creatures in this set! Some potential upgrades that I did not include to keep the cost down include: Forge Neverwinter Charlatan (Gains power for each treasure you control, create treasure when opponents sacrifice creatures), Gleaming Splendor (Hobbit theme, force opponents to draw, creating you treasure), Grim Hireling (Create treasure from combat damage. Add Lands like Rogue's Passage, Secret Tunnel, Access Tunnel to make creatures unblockable), Orcrist Goblin Cleaver (similar value to Grim Hireling), Revel in Riches (treasure wincon), Tempting Contract (create treasure), The Arkenstone (card draw), Torment of Hailfire (potential finisher).

Bard the Bowman

Aug 17, 2026

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Aug 17, 2026

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 17, 2026

Thorin, Mountain-king

Aug 17, 2026

tried to duplicate thorin's etb with my limited of deck building experience without using too many excessively expensive artefact.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 17, 2026

Bifur, Melodic Rider

Aug 17, 2026

The Chief Warg

Aug 17, 2026

I designed this Hobbit precon to closely follow WOTC precon principles and budget. I like decks that tell a story, and this deck tells the story of how "Ferocious" the wild lands of Middle Earth are. Draw cards, ramp, build up your creatures, make tokens and sacrifice for value. Have the animals of Mirkwood follow the Chief Warg to victory.

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 17, 2026

A thematic mono-green journey through Wilderland, calling upon the beasts, Ents and creatures of Middle-earth at a moment’s notice.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 17, 2026

This deck has a wolf tribal theme with a food token subtheme. Our foods allow us to tap for extra mana, gain life, overrun our creatures and more! This deck was designed to allow for multiple ways to play so if you want to lean more into the food strategy then you can run Ygra, Eater or All as an alternate commander; or use Chief of the Wilds, our face commander, to double trigger the abilities of our wolves. There is only one battle in this deck because as of the moment, it is an unfortunately undersupported card type. Regardless of who you use as your commander they both build +1/+1 counters very quickly and there are several supporting cards to make your commander a massive threat! Make an army of wolves and food tokens and go wild!

The Great Goblin

Aug 17, 2026

Thranduil the Strategist

Aug 17, 2026

Everyone's favorite elf-king-they-love-to-hate Thranduil is back, and this time he's got strategery on his side! I pulled this card from a fresh pack myself and thought, wouldn't this be a fun character to play? Restricted myself to cards that can be pulled from Hobbit packs as much as possible, with a few extras that I would have had reprinted with fine JRRT elf flair in a lost Hobbit Precon. It's also my first time fully designing a Commander Deck from scratch, so I hope it's at least playable and fun!

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 17, 2026

Elrond, Moon-Reader

Aug 17, 2026

Utilize powerful enters-the-battelfield effects and activated abilities to generate value and overwhelm your opponents. Elrond acts as a powerful centerpiece for the deck, providing us with both the card draw we need to keep up and the blink we'll want to reset our triggers and protect our permanents. An army of mana dorks helps keep us casting spells and activating Elrond, and Elrond provides us with card draw in return. This deck provides a fun, fully functional bracket 2 blink deck out of the box. For those looking to move up the brackets, the deck offers room for simple upgrades to be more competitive, such as Peregrine Drake, Agent of Treachery, and Laboratory Maniac, while keeping the overall list intact. I tried to keep this deck to the restrictions of $150 or less at time of completion, only cards that have been printed in UW and Tolkien, no DFCs as precons can't expect you to have sleeves, and standard precon powerlevel/card choices.

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 17, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 17, 2026

A casual hobbit Precon replicating Thorin's company featuring the 13 dwarfs, Bilbo, ponies and Gandalf as commander. The deck sets to recreate the story of the hobbit up until the end of desolation of Smaug with the landmarks and story sagas found within. the deck focuses the setting of the storied effect found on each dwarf with the support of the many 2 many spells Gandalf can cast when on the field. i hope you find this idea creative and fun as it should be as this is my first attempt at building a deck.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 17, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 17, 2026

"Hi Gandalf, I've got the beers for tonight's party. One question: Who's bringing the pipe weed?"

Belladonna Took

Aug 17, 2026

- Recruit Allies - Overwhelm Your Opponents (Mono-White Precon Commander deck) #Tokens #Recruit https://archidekt.com/decks/25445523/belladonna

The Queen of Dale

Aug 17, 2026

This deck is a mono white reanimator list. Fill your graveyard with the sea of recruit triggers from your commander, The Queen of Dale, or with one of the self-mill options like Millikin. From there, use cards like Breath of Life or Emeria, the Sky Ruin to cheat out big threats. Since the commander is giving you a constant stream of 1/1 Human Soldier tokens, I put in some human typal and token subthemes. Cards like Lossarnach Captain will give you extra value with each recruit trigger, while cards like Moonshaker Cavalry will turn a wide board of tokens into a game-ending threat. As with most precons, there is plenty of room for tinkering and upgrading this deck. Focusing more into the different themes by adding things like bigger reanimation targets or token doublers could turn this list from a fun bracket 2 deck into a force to be reckoned with.

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 17, 2026

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 17, 2026

Homemade Boros Dwarf Equipment B2 precon with only cards I pulled from playboosters of the Hobbit and bulk I had at home already. Thorin and the company aboard the Seremia travel to The Lonely Mountain in the search of the Arkenstone.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 17, 2026

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 17, 2026

P.S. Well, formatting doesn't seem to work in the description, so it's just a huge mess of text, so I've removed a deck philosophy section that goes through each card and why it's there. This deck focuses on dragons, their minions and greed of the said dragons. I wanted to create a mono-red deck, because it seems like something that would be good for the new players too. It’s easier to learn from one color. Main themes of the deck: dragon tribe, artifacts(mainly treasures), damage interaction, discard, flying and haste. It doesn’t have many complex interactions and mostly focuses on the most common strengths of the typical red deck for the ease of learning. As most precons, it has obviously weak cards that could be replaced, a couple of "big hits" and sol ring + arcane signet + blasphemous act. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant is an alt commander. At the moment of making it, it's 135$, which should be within the usual card value.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 17, 2026

When I built this deck 4 days ago, the price was sitting right around $150. In the time it took to playtest it, it appears the price of several cards have jumped significantly. It is a rather fun list and has plenty of room for upgrades like Smaug, the Impenetrable, Cavern-Hoard Dragon, and Ancient Copper Dragon, The One Ring, and Jeska's Will. The goal of this deck is to drain your opponents with cards like Mirkwood Bats, keep your hand full casting spells with treasures, and finish off your opponents by capitalizing on your treasure hoard with cards like exsanguinate.

The Lord of the Eagles

Aug 17, 2026

Flavor, power, and price are all balanced in this Hobbit Precon EDH deck featuring The Lord of the Eagles legend, surrounded by a beautifully diverse collection of creatures with a plethora of creature types spanning many of the classics of MTG. The commonality? They are all premium, high-power flyers who help quickly cast the avian alpha in efforts to get one over on the battlefield, and your opponents, with the naturally-evasive and massive commander's damage. Every creature in the deck is on-theme by either being a punchy flyer, or being accompanied by one on ETB. Flash is also fittingly themed-in to help keep mana open to react to casts and board states with counterspells/countercreatures and other instances of instants to disrupt opponent's plans and win-cons, as mono-blue should do! There is a splash of opponent-mill synergy and a bit of rogue/prowl synergy suitingly snuck in to boot. Care was taken while editing to ensure a fast and smooth mana-curve to maximize efficiency and speed, with focus on an consistent creature curve. Oh and, of course, curated card draw to keep the wind under our wings! *Expensive and "unfair" cards removed for flavor and $ cost: Consecrated Sphinx, Rhystic study, Wan Shi Tong, Librarian, Force of Will, Mana Drain, etc... PS - Prof rules!!!

Thranduil the Strategist

Aug 17, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 17, 2026

I feel Gandalf most wants to be a face commander. Spell slinger is a theme wizards has used for precons most notably in the orginal strixhaven commander decks, and wizards is a theme they've use with c17 Inalla. I steered away from double sided card reprints as I didn't think they would be in a precon especially for the hobbit. So no emperor of Palamecia, venat, ashling, joshua, or pinnacle monk A few cards I thought would push the precon title so no Veyran, Vivi, kaza, or Kykar. we are building specifically for bracket 2 which caused me to steer away from a could extra turn spells. I also chose not to add orcrust or gandalf, goblin's bane from the main set because precons generally don't get main set mythics, but I did add wizards staff and glamdring. I felt this was a good opportunity for some LotR set reprints like flame of anor and gandalf the grey, but steered clear of those a little more sought out like call fourth the tempest or flowering of the white tree Overall, I am happy with how this turned out theme, budget, and power level

The Great Goblin

Aug 17, 2026

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 17, 2026

Rally the citizens of Lake-town and turn the tide of battle with Defenders of Esgaroth! Led by Bard, Heir of Girion, this Blue-White Commander deck converts tactical card draw directly into a formidable battlefield presence. Harness the new 'Recruit' mechanic to summon a relentless swarm of town guards to defend your life total until your "draw-two" engines and hand total become the biggest threats in the game. Outmaneuver your rivals with endless card advantage, shield your token army with classic protection spells, and command a desperate defense that escalates into an overwhelming, legendary triumph!

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 17, 2026

Share in the prosperity of Dale, rebuilt after the desolation of Smaug and thriving once again. King Bard doubles not only your extra card draw, but also all your tokens, making the new Hobbit Recruit mechanic an exceptional fit for this deck. Under Bard's leadership, swiftly recruit and draw your way into a massive board of humans and overwhelm your foes! | Enlist the help of feathered friends with Bard's ability to speak to birds to empower your armies as well! From extra card draw to buffs and massive evasive damage, this selection of aerial compatriots will help pave the way to victory. | If the King of Dale is too slow for your tastes, you may opt to take a more aggressive approach and use Bard, Heir of Girion instead. This bard will enable the deck's sub-theme of 'second draw' with more reliable triggers every combat. | Notable reprints include: Raise the Palisade, Moonshaker Cavalry, Queen of Dale, Flowering of the White Tree, and Clever Concealment. Clever Concealment and Moonshaker Cavalry could both benefit from LotR-styled artwork, perhaps Bilbo hiding from Smaug and the Army of the Dead, respectively. | With the assumption that this deck would be a precon, several notable utility cards were purposefully omitted, with the express purpose of allowing the player to focus the deck around whichever strategy they enjoy best while also keeping the deck simple, functional, and as close to the theme as possible (which is why I did not include cards like Skullclamp, Annointed Procession, Gleaming Splendor, Chivalric Alliance, Watcher in the Water, etc).

The Great Goblin

Aug 17, 2026

"We do not want a master, we are not your servants, we just want our freedom! Let us be!"

Balin, Loremaster

Aug 17, 2026

Balin, Loremaster mixes Dwarves, wheels, and discard payoffs into one chaotic deck. It enables explosive plays that turns discarding cards into mono-red burn at the commander table.

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 16, 2026

Sauron, the Dark Lord

Aug 16, 2026

The armies of Mordor march from the Black Gate... And everyone is going to have a bad day! Sauron has one goal: rule them all. Nine Nazgûl. An army of Orcs and Goblins. The One Ring. A few Dragons. And absolutely no concern for what the rest of the table thinks about any of it. The plan is simple: build an army, amass an overwhelming board, sacrifice whatever gets in the way, and bring the dead back when Mordor inevitably demands reinforcements. Sauron keeps the cards flowing while the Ring tempts me toward increasingly questionable decisions. If the Fellowship shows up, they can have a turn. After that, Mordor is on the stack.

The Great Goblin

Aug 16, 2026

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

Aug 16, 2026

This deck is created for the Tolarian Community College Lost Hobbit Commander Pre-con deck building challenge. It is created with heavy attention to maintaining the aesthetic of The Hobbit by omitting cards with non-Hobbit names (priest of titania and Marwyn, the nurturer as examples, though one or two snuck through) while still remaining explosively consistent and within budget. A landfall-driven Simic elf-ball deck that leans heavily into the green, it has an expected amount of ramp and card draw, providing consistent advantage and multiple land drops per turn - even when it's not your turn! The deck has a slight self-mill/recursion theme, but generally focuses on advancing and protecting the main token/land strategy. Proposed upgrades include Beast Whisperer, Concordant Crossroads, Birchlore Rangers, End-raze Forerunners, Joraga Treespeaker, Priest of Titania, Marwyn the Nurturer, etc. to improve draw, provide haste for explosive attacks and mana ramp, and giving your elf tokens other utility by becoming optional ramp. These were omitted from my deck due to budgetary and theme restriction.

Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

Aug 16, 2026

​"PO-TAY-TOES? It ruins it! Give us My PRETZELS! raw and wriggling!" ​Inspiration & Lore -> Nothing in Middle-earth compares to Gollum’s single-minded obsession with My Precious. In this deck, that same manic drive is transferred to My Pretzels; the Food token engine that fuels the entire game plan. ​Samwise can keep his boiled PO-TAY-TOES. Sméagol only wants his snacks "raw and wriggling!" But while these nasty, uncooked treats keep Sméagol thriving, they act as pure poison to everyone else. Every raw snack he hoards, cracks, and shoves down the throat drains your opponents' life force, turning Gollum's stomach-churning diet into a lethal, table-wide venom. ​Gameplay Integration -> ​Sneaking & Temptation: Gollum drops on Turn 2, using unblockable attacks and Ring temptation to slip past enemy lines and permanently mark every player who enters his cave. ​Main-Phase Snacking: In the main phase, Sméagol hoards and sacrifices Food tokens to trigger table-wide life drain and card draw. ​End-Step Doubling: On your end step, Gollum’s vicious side takes over—automatically doubling every point of main-phase drain to wipe out your opponents in massive damage bursts.

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 16, 2026

makes lots of tresure for lots of spells!!!! yes

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 16, 2026

Thranduil the Strategist

Aug 16, 2026

Balin, Loremaster

Aug 16, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 16, 2026

How many Wizards is too many? When Gandalf is invited at the party, the answer is always "at least one more".

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 16, 2026

Buckle up, it‘s about time Gandalf get‘s his own Commander deck. After all, where would Bilbo and Frodo be if not for our favorite spellslinger? This is an exile-matters deck, seeking to play spells from outside your hand while giving you payoffs for doing so, e.g with cards like Wild-Magic Sorcerer or Passionate Archaeologist. Then, we enhance Gandalf‘s ping into serious burn damage or further payoff, e.g with cards like Virtue of Courage. Additionally, we play a lot of cards that are either flavorfull or that I simply consider a lot of fun, such as Call for Aid or Disrupt Decorum. Cards not fitting for Middle Earth such as Planeswalkers have not been included, although I had to include some UB cards from other IP’s as they were simply too good to leave out. The Most expensive cards are Delayed Blast Fireball, Passionate Archaeologist and Wild-Mage Sorcerer, but it also includes a fair share of cheap cards.

The Sackville-Bagginses

Aug 16, 2026

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 16, 2026

"Radagast is, of course, a worthy wizard, a master of shapes and changes of hue; and he has much lore of herbs and beasts, and birds are especially his friends." -- Gandalf

Gollum the Abandoned & Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 16, 2026

This deck is an aggro reanimate deck featuring Gollum. You can start the game by randomly selecting one of the 5 two mana Gollums în that deck. The first riddle will be solved right away: Which one will land in the Command Zone and wich ones will go back into the deck? (The 4-mana Gollum is a surprise in this deck.) Hence the name for the deck, "Gollum Has Many Faces." Well, Gollum does have a rather split personality.. Summon Gollum, let him do his thing, let him fight, let him die, resummon him, sacrifice Gollum to kill your opponents' creatures, reanimate him, bring him back from the graveyard and repeat. It's that simple.....It's a never-ending torment for Gollum... hmmm, it's truly sad to write and read this. Anyway enjoy the deck!...and hey, $69 for a Precon is pretty good, right?

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 16, 2026

Pretty Simple deck, win conditions attack with big creatures. Use some Golgari tactics. Mashed together cards from Fellowship & Food precon as well as cards simply pulled from recent packs in Hobbit release. That being said, probably power of 2 or 3 and it exclusively only uses cards from Tolkien's universe of Magic cards.

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 16, 2026

A Radagast precon featuring only permanents, because instants and sorceries are for decks that don't give creatures flash. Need a problem creature gone? Make a creature sit in front of them when they attack. Need an artifact or enchantment gone? Make a twitchy creature sit near it. Need an opponent gone? Make a creature sit on them. This is primarily a big stompy deck with a dusting of +1/+1 counters-after all, what's a precon without a random non sequitur subtheme thrown in? While the deck was predominantly built around Radagast of Rhosgobel, Radagast the Brown from Tales From Middle Earth has also been included as a swappable backup commander. I tried to keep the deck to about the value of an average precon and around that power level. For anyone wanting to go beyond those limitations, my first recommendations would be Seedborne Muse and Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant.

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 16, 2026

This is the Bard Slayer of Smaug and the King under the Mountain. Become the Monarch and draw even more cards with this human tribal go wide theme. This precon wants to draw cards and rain down pain with small creatures made big from artifacts or the commander. Bard helps this strategy by giving card draw and an anthem for all your Creatures.

Belladonna Took

Aug 16, 2026

Develop your board with tokens and punch face with them. With help from your commander alongside other anthem affects, you will overwhelm your opponents with tokens. If anyone actually finds the deck interesting and wants an upgrade, here's an add eleven cut eleven: Cheap Add: Dusk Legion Duelist // Cut: Rumor Gatherer Add: Endless Foot Assault // Cut: Saradoc, Master of Buckland Add: Fountainport // Cut: Plains Add: Enduring Innocence // Cut: Dawn of Hope Add: The Ooze // Cut: Spirit Bonds Expensive Add: Generous Pup // Cut: Haunted Library Add: Skullclamp // Cut: Wayfarer's Bauble Add: Caretaker's Talent // Cut: The Mountain-King's Return Add: Sceptre of Eternal Glory // Cut: Rootborn Defenses Add: Gleaming Splendor // Cut: Monologue Tax Add: The Ozolith // Cut: Second Breakfast The cards didn't make it into the deck due to budget and theme reasons, but feel free to add them! Also adding a token doubler and smothering tithe makes a low bracket three and also adding the ones mentioned above turn it into a mid-high bracket three

The Great Goblin

Aug 16, 2026

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 16, 2026

"Later that night, while Bilbo lay in bed trying to fall asleep, he could still hear Thorin humming in the next room over: Far over the misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day, To find our long-forgotten gold." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dwarves gathering treasure, only for dragons to seize it against their will. A classic tale as old as time, but none as grand as the one Bilbo, Thorin and Company lived through the pages of The Hobbit. This deck is a treasure generation deck with a dwarf tribal sub-theme. Dwarves do the hard work to gather treasure, and once you have enough to lure the dragon onto the battlefield, Smaug the Magnificent will strike with fire and fury to claim it all for his own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Some cards to highlight include Magda, Brazen Outlaw to continuously generate treasure, pump up your dwarves and even tutor a Goldspan Dragon or Desert Were-Wurm into the battlefield, the latter which is a Hobbit set finisher. Dwarven Grunt is another great card in the list due to it's 1 mana cost and Mountainwalk. Whoever has Mountains won't like it, but a lot of the treasure generation comes from connecting attacks, and this will be the best guy to do so. Key to the Side Door let the Dwarves enter The Lonely Mountain, it will also help them attack unharmed. Lastly, The Desolation of Smaug is the perfect card to bring your commander. Devastate with fire, and bring forth the dragon himself pretty much for free. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Price-wise, the most expensive cards actually come from The Hobbit set, although mind some of them should go down once Battle of the Five Armies comes out next year. Given the deck is for this set, we are willing to keep them in the list along with some very flavorful ones.

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 16, 2026

Hit Samaug for big treasures

The Great Goblin

Aug 16, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 16, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 16, 2026

Gandalf, Shadow's Foe

Aug 16, 2026

Bifur, Melodic Rider

Aug 16, 2026

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 16, 2026

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 16, 2026

I tried to keep most of the cards inside of the Hobbit set, including all 13 dwarves and many of the cards related to their story beats. Strategy focuses on your dwarf kindred, with a side strategy of blink and graveyard effects. Thorin Oakenshield is Co-Commander, I prefer it given the protection it provides to your aggro strategy.

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 16, 2026

Gather your treasure tokens to deal absurd damage every time Smaug stretches his wings! Things will get out of hand quickly as his pile of treasures grows, snowballing you into a one-shot threat at the table as the game goes on. But you already knew Smaug was a villain, right?

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 16, 2026

Before celebrations under the party tree / there was a thief once – and twice, and three! / Surprised by a wizard and dwarves thirteen / lies Smaug dead now, and Lake-Town is free This deck is a celebrative letter of love for the epic story that is the Hobbit. With every card picked with the utmost care(*) following events and world of the book, it's a demonstration of diversity and possibilities that Bilbo, Thief in the Night dishes out as your commander, bringing cooperation and synergies between many different card- and subtypes under one color. Dozens of these cards are supplied with new thematic arts(**) and many from past years are reprinted for the first time. By acquiring this deck to your party, you'll find yourself going on an adventure twofold, as Tolkien's legendarium combines seamlessly with highlights, relics and nigh-forgotten secrets through Magic's history. Inside you find tools to raid your opponents' possessions, prevent them from retaliating and to finally overcome them. (Notes: * I planned this deck and calculated prices in euros on Archidekt according to cheapest available versions, bearing in mind both precon selling prices and value for the buyer, but it seems that some card versions didn't quite transfer properly and total is a higher in here. Also, you can find references even from card amounts, such as lands and creatures, so please have caution while going through the decklist. It's been honed for a while, so hopefully you won't outright counter it. Pun intended. But seriously, do as you see fit, thanks for reading and have a wonderful day! <3 ** I think many of these would deserve new flavor for them if this was published as a preconstructed deck.)

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 16, 2026

Draw second card each turn and reward yourself with tokens. Once Bard, King of Dale arrives on the battlefield, you draw and create tokens even more!

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 15, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 15, 2026

The plan is pretty simple: draw cards, make tokens, and let Bard make both of those things stupid. Most of the deck works fine without the commander, but once Bard hits the board every draw engine gets better and every token maker starts getting out of hand fast. There’s a small Recruit package because it fits the theme and happens to work really well with both sides of Bard. And then there’s Skullclamp. Turning one disposable 1/1 into four cards because Bard decided drawing two wasn’t enough is exactly the kind of nonsense I wanted this deck to do. The deck usually wins by going wide with a ridiculous number of tokens, then finishing with Akroma’s Will, Moonshaker Cavalry, Mirror Entity, or Starlight Spectacular. Basically, Bard tells the story, adds a few details, and somehow one Soldier turns into an army.

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 15, 2026

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 15, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 15, 2026

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot

Aug 15, 2026

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 15, 2026

It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt. It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills. It comes out first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 15, 2026

The Great Goblin

Aug 15, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 15, 2026

This deck is about making loads of wolfs and beefing them up to swing at your opponents!

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 15, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 15, 2026

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 15, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 15, 2026

I constructed this deck with multiple things in mind - clear theme, beginner friendly gameplay, and concept. My intention was to keep this deck at around the $100 price point as much as possible, while also letting the deck achieve it’s main objective - drop wolves, buff them, and let them “run wild” all over the place. It has a decent amount of ramp, removal, and anthem to help the deck tell its story over a good 10-12 turn game. The question is this, Team Tolarian: “Will you let the wolf inside you run wild?”

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 15, 2026

Dwarven Equipment typal, make sure everyone is well equipped and recover lost arms.

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 15, 2026

This is a mono-blue deck focused around milling artifacts, instants, and sorcery cards to play at a lesser cost with the help of Bilbo, Thief in the Night alongside other rogue creatures.

The Queen of Dale

Aug 15, 2026

Tried my best to make a deck that could work with in-universe flavour, made a little hard by the fact that I haven’t read the books. The focus of the deck is to slowly recruit an army of human soldiers, weather through dark times, and eventually charge forward with tenacity and various wide buffs to show the other four armies the power of the Kingdom of Men. It is mainly built around The Queen of Dale being the commander, but Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer can be used as a sub commander for a recursion theme. A couple cards were put in to give a few ‘reprints’ for cards that might not get one outside of The Hobbit while trying to stay within a $150 budget.

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 15, 2026

Treasures and dragons :)

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 15, 2026

This deck is an unconventional Azorius Combo / Self-Mill / Tribal Mill build, whose main goal is to use Hare Apparent to generate a massive number of tokens, then convert them into Advisors and end the game by milling all opponents’ libraries. The strategy begins with self-mill. Cards such as Mesmeric Orb, Hedron Crab, Millikin, Deranged Assistant, Faithful Mending, Ledger Shredder, and Jace, Vryn’s Prodigy allow you to quickly fill your own graveyard. Losing cards from your library isn’t a problem, quite the opposite, in fact, because Hare Apparents in the graveyard become fuel for the explosion to come. Once there are enough creatures in the graveyard, the deck utilizes mass recursion effects, primarily Raise the Past, Rally the Ancestors, and Ascend from Avernus. Bringing back multiple Hare Apparents at once triggers an avalanche of Rabbit tokens, allowing you to create a massive army of tokens in an instant from a seemingly empty battlefield. Another piece of the puzzle is Arcane Adaptation, Leyline of Transformation, and Maskwood Nexus. Thanks to these, Rabbits gain the Advisor type, allowing them to be used in conjunction with Persistent Petitioners. As a result, the vast number of tokens created earlier ceases to be merely an army it becomes fuel for activating Petitioners and grinding down opponents’ libraries. The deck also features additional tools for utilizing creatures and the graveyard. Altar of Dementia allows you to turn Rabbits into additional mill, and recursion enables you to reuse key creatures multiple times. Thanks to this, the deck can cycle through the following sequence: Self-mill → Hare Apparent in the graveyard → mass recursion → a huge number of Rabbits → Advisors → Persistent Petitioners → milling opponents. The most important thing is that the deck doesn’t have to win through combat. The massive horde of Rabbits is primarily a resource needed to power the mill engine. Opponents can have a huge advantage on the battlefield and still lose if the deck manages to pull off a single large recursion and accumulate enough Advisors.

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 15, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 15, 2026

Smaug the Impenetrable

Aug 15, 2026

A group of adventurers hear a tale of a mountain filled with treasure. What awaits them instead is Smaug, a dragon hibernating in his hoard. When Smaug awakens, he punishes the plunderers with dragonfire, then takes to the skies to remind the world of his terror. Play small outlaws to generate Treasure, then use that Treasure to ramp into Smaug. Cards like The Sackville-Bagginses and Hedron Detonator help whittle down your opponent's life totals, while the Fight spells help generate more Treasure by abusing Smaug's Indestructible. Wincons include Crackle With Power, Revel in Riches, Murkwood Bats (and similar effects), and Smaug himself. Wanted to include The Last Agni Kai but it would need a Universe Within reprint.

The Great Goblin

Aug 15, 2026

This Hobbit Rakdos Precon turns the encounter with the armies of Goblin Town into a ruthless value engine, growing your creatures with counters, pinging opponents, and sacrificing The Great Goblins loyal subjects to gain advantages and win the game. I kept the overall price of the deck decently priced for a precon that shouldn't be no more than $50 MSRP and added some cards I'd like to see added to precons like legendary lands and surveil lands and cards from other precons and sets that dont have alot of printings.

The Notary Hobbits

Aug 15, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 15, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 15, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 15, 2026

Wizard kindred to play big spells for free with commander

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 15, 2026

Hobbit Precon - [[Smaug the Magnificent]] Mono-Red Dragons and Treasures. This deck aims to generate a large amount of Treasure tokens, strengthening Smaug's attack trigger to remove key threats and burn down opponents, while also leaning into the Dragon creature type as a subtheme. It features Dragon cards that either generate or benefit from Treasures, such as [[Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge]] and [[Goldspan Dragon]]; cards that generate Treasure tokens and synergize with Treasure like [[Xorn]] and [[Alchemist's Talent]]; and cards that synergize with Dragons like [[Desolation of Smaug]] and [[Dragon Tempest]]. [[Hellkite Tyrant]] serves as a thematic alternative win condition. Cards from sets not in the Middle Earth setting would be given updated art and potentially given Flavor Names, as is often done for UB precons, such as [[Tome of Legends]] to "Bilbo's Book". Total card value is kept at roughly the $150 range including the Commander, and the deck aims to be at the Bracket 2 Precon level, with no Gamechangers or infinite combos.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 15, 2026

A commander deck comprised of only Universes Beyond The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings sets and commander cards. Using Bard, King of Dale as the commander, crafted with both lore and functionality in mind, this deck plays like most recent pre-cons with some awesome synergy utilizing card draw and token production to give you massive card advantage to overwhelm your opponents. So take up arms Lake-town, stand in bravery against our enemies, for today we make our Last Stand!

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 15, 2026

I believe Smaug is a fair commander precon that can get out of control with the right upgrades. This deck is about the greed for gold and the power/demise that comes with it. Also precons should have: - A least 1 good land: Luxury Suit - Value cards: 6 cards > 5 dollars - Possibilty for fun ending: Blast-Furnance H. and Deep Shaker Titan - Weird 2nd Commander: The Balrog -Politics: Curse of Opulence

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 15, 2026

This precon is based around the recruit mechanic (draw and human tokens) by going wide. I tried to stick with only Middle-earth and in-universe sets. Bard felt like a worthy precon face commander, especially with all of the cool "when you draw your second card" creatures from the Hobbit/LotR sets. I have a small splash of bird creatures to get a bit of flying in the deck, but the main strategy is drawing your deck and winning with card advantage and your wide field of tokens.

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 15, 2026

This deck is very simple, you make a lot of treasures and try to use them to kill your opponents. I figured that if they made precons they absolutely would have to make one based on Smaug and I love the theme of possibly killing yourself by losing too much life for value. I tried to keep it around precon singles prices for universes beyond decks. Whether this wins or not ill be trying it out with my local play group (putting some more money into the land base of course, or proxies)

The Great Goblin

Aug 15, 2026

I like goblins and burn...mostly burn

The Sackville-Bagginses

Aug 15, 2026

The Sackville-Baggins Estate Sale Theme: Treasures, Food, trinkets, sacrifice, and the auction/liquidation of Bilbo's possessions Bracket 2

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 15, 2026

A deck for eating foods(creatures) and drawing cards. Provides large creatures to beat your opponents while keeping you healthy with (tasty?) treats.

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 15, 2026

Pilot this commander deck with either Radagast or Beorn the Fierce. Cost reducers and ramp to cast big creatures ahead of your opponents and secure victory in true green fashion! I really love the bears in this set!

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 15, 2026

Oh no! Radagast has wandered away again, but this time he has lost all of his green creatures and finds himself in a desolate wasteland, void of color and life. It's a good thing he learned the spell to produce colorless mana so he can meet some shiny new friends who can improve his effectiveness, utilize all that extra mana, and destroy anyone who stands in the way. Maybe he isn't so lost after all.

The Chief Warg

Aug 15, 2026

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 15, 2026

Token Generation Heroic Abilities Counters (+1/+1) Card Draw

Galion, Elvenking's Butler

Aug 14, 2026

Galion, Elvenking's Butler will make sure your court is victorious.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

Ramp up, wolf up and let the menacing Chief let lose. There is a "two wolfs in you" joke in the deck but i'm not that smart to find it. -TCC Deckbuilding contest entry. By Pablo Prado from santiago, Chile.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 14, 2026

"What has roots as nobody sees, is taller than trees, up, up it goes, and yet never grows?" Answer: Your opponents trying to figure out how to cast spells without giving you free cards. This deck turns Commander night into Gollum’s treacherous game of riddles. Drop Gollum early, make your opponents guess between Odd and Even, and tax their favorite mana curves. When Gollum runs out of answers, don't pay Commander Tax—just kill him, flicker him, or throw him in the dark, only for him to crawl right back out fresh, reset, and demanding another answer.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 14, 2026

Reclaiming Dale is a Humans and Soldiers deck built around Bard, King of Dale’s ability to double both card draw and token production. The deck uses Recruit, “draw your second card” payoffs, and steady token generation to rebuild Dale’s army and overwhelm opponents through combat. Bard, Heir of Girion is a second, optional commander for this deck. This option offers a more "aggro" playstyle than the value engine you get from Bard, King of Dale. Both are very viable and fun options for this deck that pay tribute to the legendary novel by J. R. R. Tolkien.

The Great Goblin

Aug 14, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 14, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 14, 2026

Gandalf and friends throw one helluva party.

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 14, 2026

This deck is intended to exhibit a multitude of aspects of the story in The Hobbit. With various characters he may have met such as Port Inspector and Elvenking's Harper as key includes in the deck. Many instants and sorceries represent key points in the story such as Bilbo's Surge of Brilliance with the riddle and the Moment of Truth when taking down Smaug with the black arrow. Multiple objects of note also appear in the list such as the Tome of Legends Bilbo wrote about his adventures and the Mystic Forge of the Dwarves. The land base has Smaug's Treasure Vault and Secret Passage to represent Bilbo's escape from the lonely mountain. My intention was that I could think of a passage from the book as flavor text for each and every include, while preserving a burglar-themed play style.

Dwalin, Weaponmaster

Aug 14, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 14, 2026

A creature heavy deck that is thematic as far as possible, as well as under $150 (at time of making). Using lots of cards from the Hobbit and LOTR. Has plenty of free casts (2 generic mana), card draw, deathtouch and some untapping of lands to take advantage of using Radagast's ability as many turns as possible. And then ramping into some big fun LOTR-style universe-believable creatures

Azog, Moria's Ruin

Aug 14, 2026

Azog, Moria's Ruin — Commander Deck Lead the armies of Mordor on a relentless march toward the Lonely Mountain. Under the command of Azog, an endless horde of Orcs and Goblins advances through Middle-earth, leaving only blood and ruin in its wake. Every warrior is expendable. Every death brings you closer to victory. Raise armies from the darkness, sacrifice your minions for power, and turn the fallen into fuel for an even greater assault. Let your creatures die without fear — for in Azog's army, death is merely another weapon. Reclaim your fallen warriors from the graveyard, swarm the battlefield with Orcs and Goblins, and overwhelm your enemies beneath the unstoppable tide of the Dark Lord's servants. The Lonely Mountain stands before you. Its treasures await. March. Kill. Conquer. The march has begun.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 14, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 14, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 14, 2026

"Beorn may be your friend, but he loves his animals as his children. You do not guess what kindness he has shown you in letting dwarves ride them so far and so fast, nor what would happen to you, if you tried to take them into the forest." This deck is about Beorn's menagerie of critters, along with the occasional elf, human, wizard, and hobbit that he meets along the way.

The Master of Lake-town

Aug 14, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 14, 2026

"It may have been only a trick of the wind in the cracks and gullies of the rocky wall, but the sounds were those of shrill cries, and Wild Howls of laughter." || This preconstructed The Hobbit commander deck embodies the unglorified yet distinct challenges that face Bilbo and company in their travels through the wilderness. As they make their way to the Lonely Mountain, snarling wolves, hungry trolls, giant spiders, and more linger in the darkness. The cards in this deck represent steps on Bilbo's fateful journey, each one a reminder of the quiet danger lurking ahead. || Tom, Bert, and William lead the way as a power-matters draw engine supporting a creature-based deck focused on building a solid and resilient board and winning incrementally through combat. The deck has a strong Wolf typal subtheme, featuring iconic cards like Chief of the Wilds and Nightpack Ambusher, as well as a smattering of trolls, spiders, and bears. Play creatures, become the Wilds, and show your opponents the treacherous path ahead when they choose the road less traveled!

Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Aug 14, 2026

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 14, 2026

Gandalf gets tempted by the fiery inscription and pings everyone for it

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

Go big with the Chief and go wide with all your wolf token generators which make the Chief even thicker. I put some battles in there for the flavor but they aren't really THAT useful. The finishers are cards like Beastmaster Ascension or Overwhelming Stampede but with how many +1/+1 counters you put oh Chief you can easily kill some players with commander damage ALONE. Early game plan is to get a token generator such as Chief Warg's Company or Head of the Hunt and have the Chief out to get those JUICY +1/+1 counters. If you want a more card draw focus deck you can chang the comander to The Chief Warg which will make it so you can end up drawing a metric ton if you get cards on the field like Beastmaster Ascension or Door of Destinies which at that point its just a go wide. I hope whoever uses this deck has as much fun playing it as I did making it. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS PROFESSOR

Smaug the Magnificent

Aug 14, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 14, 2026

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

Aug 14, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 14, 2026

Good luck everyone! (sorry for wall of text it looks like can't format this) Hope TCC and community enjoys this brew! This was so much fun and I think I'll be building a non-budget version myself. Was a nice challenge to stay "Precon" budget though! Quick deck tech below: I think the mass draw and more importantly, the discarding from Tom, Bert, and William (TBW) is where I decided to go. The idea of "Cookin' with leftovers" stemming from using the "discarded" remains (cards) to great effect! We've got high stat undercosted creatures like Titania, Mardu Outrider, and Daemogoth to apply board pressure but can cash in for massive draw with TBW as well as include helpful mechanics towards our game plan. Bone Miser's a key card in the deck to maximize discarding. The deck has enough recursion to keep things going and when you're cooking hobbits you need a cauldron! Cauldron of Souls is another build around card too for the deck. Sac effects that we can get (almost) double the value on by tagging our creatures with Cauldron before saccing so they come back. Can even go full value by using Eventide's Shadow to clear opponents counters, and your -1/-1 counters so you can Cauldron again! COOK EVERYTHING! It's a more complex precon however power-level wise I'm confident it lands nicely in Bracket 2/Precon territory. Easily disrupt-able with lower power cards and the only tutor being mechanically in-line with the deck and slow+expensive.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 14, 2026

Tokens/Card draw

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

"But your way through Mirkwood is dark, dangerous and difficult," he said. "Water is not easy to find there, nor food. In there the wild things are dark, queer, and savage" - Beorn, The Hobbit. "The Howls Came from Mirkwood" is such a dark, queer, and savage Golgari Commander deck inspired by the Wargs and other fell creatures of Middle-earth (perfect with wolves having some great creatures this set). Wolves and Wargs form the heart of the deck (and the occasional Changeling), growing in number and strength as the game progresses. This Precon was designed using Prof's decks as models, and was crafted to give new players valuable cards for their money while staying under the price point of the most expensive Hobbit Precon deck on the TCC Channel (Goblin Horde). The kindred synergies combined with recent Hobbit release cards makes this a fun deck to play that can consistently go wide, draw cards, and buff up creatures with tons of counters, allowing the player to have several outs. Just like Azog in the Hobbit film trilogy, in defeat your opponents are going to try and forget that this white wolf commander card exists.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 14, 2026

Get all your legendary wizards out onto the field to cast some instants and sorceries for free using Gandalf, Party Guest's ability!! This deck should have enough ramp to keep slinging spells after that first free one at combat and enough wizards to go wide with to still be a threat even after the spell slinging stops.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 14, 2026

The Great Goblin

Aug 14, 2026

Thorin, Mountain-king

Aug 14, 2026

Thorin get's all of his friends together, gets them a sword, shoes, maybe even a chainsaw...

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Aug 14, 2026

Deep beneath the High Pass, in the reeking tunnels of Goblin-town, the Great Goblin and his swarm held the company captive. Then the lights went out, a sword flashed in the dark, and Gandalf the Grey struck. This mono-red deck is that moment made permanent. Every noncreature spell is a flare of wizard-fire or a stroke of Glamdring in the black halls under the mountains. As the spells fly, Gandalf grows stronger and the goblins (and everyone else) burn with him. Rituals fuel the sudden assault, cantrips and impulse draws keep the pressure relentless, and board-wipes like Blasphemous Act recreate the chaos that once scattered the goblin horde. Cards such as Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern echo the very songs the goblins sang before Gandalf answered them with flame. This is not the quiet wanderer of Bag End. This is the wizard who walked into Goblin-town, slew its king, and led the company out through fire and shadow. When the tunnels close in and the enemy multiplies…
Fly, you fools.

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 14, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William have set up shop in the forest, and the smell of something cooking has started attracting company. “Can we cook ’em?” Creatures wander into camp, only to find themselves becoming part of the next meal. The bigger the creature, the more cards Tom gets to draw, while everything that gets eaten ends up in the graveyard, making the next creatures stronger and giving the Trolls plenty of ways to bring old meals back for seconds. The longer they stay in the forest, the more dangerous the dinner table gets. So come on in, pull up a chair… just be careful you don't end up as the main course.

Gollum, Riddle Master

Aug 14, 2026

A buffet of Goblins, endless tunnels to explore, and the pensive solitude needed to devise riddles and contemplate murder. This deck explores the idyllic life of Gollum within the depths of the Misty Mountains before Bilbo came and ruined everything. This deck is designed to sacrifice goblins and other delectable creatures for food and treasure while scrounging through your opponents hands and graveyards when necessary. It can be upgraded to be competitive with cards like Warren Soul-Trader or Ashnod's Altar though works well as is. Gollum is nothing if not resourceful... except maybe hungry. No Sol Ring Ring you say? Gollum only has eyes for one ring and one ring only!

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 14, 2026

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 14, 2026

Bard the Bowman

Aug 14, 2026

Game plan: Many triggers from drawing 2 cards in a turn. Plenty of ways to cause self to draw 2 cards in a turn. Sometimes opponent(s) draw as a by-product. Upgrade paths: Gleaming Splendor (make better use of opponents drawing cards) Walking Ballista (Good target for +1/+1 counters that come from Bard the Bowman and Lyla, Holographic Assistant) The Ozolith (recover +1/+1 counters from creatures that die)

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 14, 2026

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 14, 2026

Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted & The Great Goblin

Aug 14, 2026

Krenko's command was "go wide". The Great Goblin eschews this philosophy. Through collective effort, the army of the Great Goblin grows tall and leaves the field of battle burning in its wake. This precon is designed to explore a different take on goblin kindred. Instead of go-wide and self-sacrifice focus, this precon focuses on a single large creature and counters synergies. The deck builds a single tall army and gives it keywords like trample, deathtouch, lifelink, and menace to get through for damage. The secondary theme is cards that burn your opponents and their creatures based on the size of your army and the counters added to your creatures. The deck leaves out some of the obvious includes from the Hobbit set (such as Bolg and his company) for beginner friendly upgrade paths. Either version of the Great Goblin can be the commander. "The Great Goblin" from HOB and "Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted" from HOC. Precon Deck Box Tagline: "Amass a Goblin Army" // "Burn the Field of Battle" Estimated Deck Singles Price based on cheapest versions is $134 at time of publication. Manapool is displaying the price based on more recent and expensive versions of cards, like the dwarven language Arcane Signet.

Ori, Plate Stacker

Aug 14, 2026

One sided board wipes, make things artifacts for Ori and kill them, blink him.

Belladonna Took

Aug 14, 2026

A Belladonna Took token deck built around the number three: the first token gains life, the second draws a card, and the third makes everything stronger. Cheap creatures, and efficient interaction, and cats... not hobbit related but I like cats

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 14, 2026

The Sackville-Bagginses

Aug 14, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 14, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

I tried to follow the rules in normal commander products I've seen. Low cost with a couple outstanding reprints, no double-faced cards, a large number of cards from the set, simple theme with obvious changes, backup commander that works in deck but also moves to a whole new theme.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 14, 2026

A blue and white deck, that i built with only cards i myself have, as someone who started with magic 3months ago. It is a mix of casting a lot of more expensive spells and built a wide board with tokens, that will eventually get "eagled".

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 14, 2026

Beardrazi ar bearly acceptable

Belladonna Took

Aug 14, 2026

"We've had 1, yes." - Peregrin Took. This deck is designed to trigger all 3 of Belladonna's (Pippin's great-great-aunt and Bilbo's mother) abilities as many times as possible, and then overrun the opponents with a both wide and tall board of mostly tokens. It's got some flash enablers, some solid instants that make tokens, and cycle and blink subthemes to help make tokens on your opponents turns. All the protection and removal makes tokens, and everything either makes tokens or cares about tokens entering.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 14, 2026

A fun Gandalf based, Wizard Tribal, spell-slinger deck with 7 infinite combos. Powerful little bracket 3 deck worthy of the Wielder of the Flame of Anor

Bard, Heir of Girion

Aug 14, 2026

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 14, 2026

Bilbo returns from his adventure...and has to get his mathoms back...from the graveyard. The deck tries to make use of Bilbo's cost reducing ability by casting artifacts from the graveyard or the top of the library. The goal is to build an artifact engine by sacrificing and recasting them from the graveyard (one drops for free)...until Bilbo deals enough commanderdamage or another finisher like Broodstar or Excalibur comes along. Protecting and equiping Bilbo and making him unblockable is a key element of the strategy, as is filling your graveyard with cards to resurrect. Additional cost reducers and mana dorks should make activating tons of artifact abilities over and over again affordable. 3 Cards with land-cycling support both the landdrops and filling the graveyard. Some flavour-cards like the One Ring or Mithril Coat are unfortunately to pricy for a "Precon Deck", but which "mathoms" or printings you decide to exchange in the deck, is totally up to you. And if there's not enough adventure already, additional adventure cards also benefit from Bilbo's ability.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 14, 2026

Sling spells & cast away with an army of Merfolk, Otters and more! Lead by the mighty Gandalf, Party Guest, overload your opponents with a volley of creatures like Merfolk & Otters. Cast multiple cheap & free spells using Djinn & Wizards. Featuring fun, unconventional spells like Spellweaver Volute, Ancestral tribute and even an appearance from the river guide Sygg himself, this deck provides a tool box of fun and unique options for your game night

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 14, 2026

The Master of Lake-town

Aug 14, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 14, 2026

A lost Hobbit precon built around one simple idea: **the trolls are hungry**. Tom, Bert, and William turn oversized creatures into card advantage, while the rest of the deck leans into Food, sacrifice, and graveyard recursion to keep the feast going. Cards like **Gluttonous Troll, Feasting Troll King, Daemogoth Titan, Yargle and Multani, and Mossbridge Troll** provide suitably enormous meals, while **Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator, Peregrin Took, Gyome, Master Chef, Academy Manufactor, and Trail of Crumbs** build out the Food engine. There are also a few deliberately flavorful tricks. **Xenic Poltergeist** and **Lifecraft Awakening** can help bring Tom, Bert, and William back into the action after they’ve been turned to stone, while **Living Death** and **Victimize** let the trolls’ victims return for another course. The deck is intentionally built for **Bracket 2**: synergistic and splashy, but without fast mana packages, tutors, or compact infinite combos. The goal is to feel like a real missing Hobbit precon: play big creatures, make far too much Food, eat everything in sight, and eventually overwhelm the table with a very unexpected feast.

Bard the Bowman

Aug 14, 2026

I have made a deck list that focuses on mostly being humans, from Tales of middle earth, The Hobbit and my personal favorite plane Innistrad. I tried to focus on making the deck as if it was a pre-con, and yes i know Bard the Bowman is a uncommon but i like him as the commander and the other 2 Bards as just part of the 99. I plan to build Bard the Bowman as my newest commander deck to play with next Friday with my play group and I just cant wait to play with him. I had a lot of fun building this deck list as a pre-con, hope you like it.

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

Bard the Bowman

Aug 14, 2026

Bard The Bowman but with ghosts! Buff your board and storm the other players with a relentless ghost army :)

Bilbo, Thief in the Night

Aug 14, 2026

This Adventure-focused Bilbo, Thief in the Night Commander deck is a deck that heavily uses the "Adventure" mechanic to gain extra value out of every card. By utilizing Bilbo's ability to reduce the generic mana costs of spells cast from anywhere other than your hand, the deck casts flexible Adventure instants and sorceries dynamically in response to threats. Once resolved, those cards sit safely in exile until you cast them a second time as creatures.

Dáin of the Ancient Halls

Aug 14, 2026

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

"All of a sudden they heard a howl away down hill, a long shuddering howl... It was the wolves howling at the moon, wolves gathering together!" Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 14, 2026

Beorn makes the deck into tribal but the main focus is on mill, recursion, and a lil bit of Bearz!

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 14, 2026

In this deck, Smaug not only hoards treasure but shares the wealth, if only to benefit himself even more. This deck aims to maximize the abilities of it's commander: Smaug, Wicked Worm by adding a group hug-like twist to it's strategy. Multiple cards in this deck give opponents artifacts in exchange for benefits like treasure and land. Once opponents are stocked with artifacts, Smaug flies in making even more treasure for each artifact they control. You may think this happens only once until someone kills him (which is less likely when he has a powerful entrance ability) but with a combination of sacrifice outlets and returning him to the battlefield upon death, Smaug's entrance ability can be repeated for as little as 2 mana. Now, having a bountiful treasure trove might be nice but will not win the game ... unless Hellkite Tyrant or Revel in Riches is on the battlefield on upkeep, then they do exactly that. Additionally, if Smaug the Magnificent is able to attack, treasures are turned into damage without even sacrificing them. If the player cannot afford to wait until upkeep or to draw one of these cards, a large sum of damage can be produced by sacrificing many treasures. Cards like Mirkwood Bats and Nadier's Nightblade followed by sacrificing a bunch of treasures (even if there's nothing to spend them on) can be game winning, with even more options for a singular opponent to take such damage. This deck aims to maintain a budget of a precon before it is printed as a precon which based on examples is ~$170. When I made the deck it claimed to cost less than $170 but when I imported it here, even with swapping out card versions I could not get it much lower than $200. (Also, the irony is not lost on me that a treasure themed deck is meant to be "budget" in real life.)

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 14, 2026

Ramp quickly into your commander, Beorn, and build a wide board of creatures that can trample over your opponents while keeping your hand full with plenty of card draw each turn.

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 14, 2026

The throne of Erebor has been filled at long last now that Smaug has been slain. But The new King Under the Mountain must decide his birthright; become the richest king in the history of Middle-Earth or the king to unite all Durins folk.

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Aug 14, 2026

Elf typal with a bit of self-mill, but I tried not to go too hard on the synergies, since it's a precon. No tokens and I tried to avoid re-creating LOTR deck. Precon-style landbase. Filler mostly from HOB/LTR; I tried to use printings from HOB/LTR wherever I could.

The Great Goblin

Aug 14, 2026

Built using cards I've pulled from packs since the original LOTR set came out. Amass a large army and run em over with it.

Thorin, King of Durin's Folk

Aug 14, 2026

The Great Goblin

Aug 14, 2026

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 14, 2026

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 14, 2026

make dudes, pump dudes, turn sideways, trigger gandalf, repeat

Chief of the Wilds

Aug 14, 2026

Bifur, Melodic Rider

Aug 14, 2026

Radagast of Rhosgobel

Aug 13, 2026

This decks inspirations comes from an old Yeva deck I used when I first started play commander. This deck has the ability to play at instant speed which enables for wide degrees of flexibility based on what your opponents want to do. We will be focusing on ETB effects, unique combat interactions, a degree of deathtouching, and big ole beasties that little Timmy would love. There are two back up commanders of Beorn and Yeva who you could also run. PHASE 1: My philosophy with the early game of this decks is to run deathtouching mana dorks which can be either flashed in to surprise opponents or be used for bringing out other big beasties. We do include the normal array of mana dorks such Elvish Mystic and Llanowar elves to still provide some early acceleration. Included in that acceleration are standard ramps cards of Cultivate, Khalani, and Kodama reach to get even more of a foothold. Now there are some interesting pieces like Troop of ponies and Ornithopter of paradise that once Radaghast hits the board will be treated free pieces of ramp. Don’t forget that seedborn muse, wilderness reclamation, and Defiler of Vigor are going to be are strongest engines of effectively playing four turns. PHASE 2: Now we are moving into the mid-game and here is where deck truly shines. We run up to about 9 to 10 pieces of card draw in our deck, so as to make sure you will never run out of gas. Not mention we have 2 pieces of scrying when creature enters so we will be able filter the top while drawing tons of cards! It is also important to mention we do run some combat tricky minions like hornet nest (Hornet Queen of which pull an unholy amount of deathtouch) and Diamond Weapon which prevents combat damage dealt him, which make him Dholems gate. Furthermore there some hydras in the deck that benefit from Radaghast effect to give free +1/+1, (Genesis to do some digging and Hooded Hydra to create blockers in snap moment). PHASE 3: Now for the end game we are going to be running standard big dumb creatures like Apex Devastator (of which can be played defensively on somebodies turn if you need a Hail Mary off the top,) either one of our overrun like effects, and finally God Eternal Rhonas. Rhonas is arguably one of strongest effects in the deck that proceeds to double the stats on our board, although typically we are going to use this to run people over, we can use this more defensively to try stand taller than your opponents. Some big dumb creatures of note that will generate a lot of value will be Silverback Elder, Vigor, and Thorn Mammoth. Each have independent purposes of being mostly used for removal (thorn mammoth) or making our creatures semi-indestructible (Vigor,) or in the case Silverback Elder digging for more creatures to play. Finally we arrive at some our biggest payoffs for playing big stuff: Dancing from Dark to Dawn giving us big +1/+1 counters while creating bears from lands and Kodama of the East Tree giving free big creature of the cmc of the card we play. Final piece of advice is not forgetting you can play Thrasta for almost free if you choose flash him in at the end of somebodies turn because he also counts opponent spells. I should mention this is my first deck tech I have ever written to so don’t Into dig me too bad

Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills

Aug 13, 2026

“Pay your taxes and maybe I will give you a rebate”- Dáin, Agent of The IRS.

Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Aug 13, 2026

This deck blends Elf tribal, go-wide token production, +1/+1 counters, and enchantment-based support. Elves generate mana and flood the battlefield, while cards like Beastmaster Ascension, Kindred Discovery, Beast Whisperer, and Simic Ascendancy turn that growing army into overwhelming power and alternative ways to win. A major goal in building the deck was featuring as much art by Rebecca Guay, my favorite MTG artist, as possible. I hope it gives the deck a dreamlike, “ancient world” feel to anyone who uses it. Supporting this are several themed cards that, while not as potent, feel right at home with Galadriel's book characterization.

The Master of Lake-town

Aug 13, 2026

One person's loss is another person's treasure! The Master of Lake-town has never been one to waste an opportunity—and neither should you. The Greedy Master is a mono-black sacrifice and graveyard deck built around turning your opponents' losses into your own riches. Mill their libraries, sacrifice creatures, drain their life totals, and put everything in their graveyards to work for you. Steal it. Sacrifice it. Profit. With The Master of Lake-town leading the way, every death and every point of life lost can become another resource, while creatures like Gollum, Gríma Wormtongue, The Sackville-Bagginses, and Witch-king of Angmar keep the value flowing. And when the graveyards are full? Take the best creatures available to keep your engine thrummin' - reanimate them, sacrifice them, and turn their losses into even more cards, Treasure, and pain. The Greedy Master is all about stacking small advantages every turn until every sacrifice becomes prime fuel for his engine and every opponent's loss becomes your gain. After all, if someone was foolish enough to put their own resources into the graveyard, why shouldn't you profit?!

Aug 13, 2026

Past the last farm and the fords of the Carrock, the Wilderland belongs to things with teeth. The Wild is a pack deck built on ferocious: get one creature to power 4 and the whole kennel wakes up, drawing you a card every time The Chief Warg swings. The +1/+1 counters are the ignition, not the payoff — Dancing from Dark to Dawn and Beorn's Hospitality feed the pack while Chief of the Wilds doubles every Wolf trigger you control. Then Beorn the Fierce changes their skin, turning your wargs into Bears that hit for two more apiece. Feed the pack until it's the largest thing in the forest, then let it off the leash.

Beorn the Fierce

Aug 13, 2026

This deck is a big stompy deck that want to go very tall with Beorn turn the other creatures into bears and turning them sideways. There's also a light side of landfall as there are several cards from Hobbit that go great with that!

The Great Goblin

Aug 13, 2026

Hobbit precon focusing on amassing goblin armies, aggressively swinging with anthems and self sacrificing to trigger carddraw/damaging abilities. Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning is the alt commander that would focus more towards the anthem swings, and since he has a higher cost I wanted to get some mana generating spells into the deck to mayhaps get him out faster or just to build the board faster with a large amount of 2-3 drops. In precon spirit i kept it to bracket 2, and wanted to keep it closer to 100 dollars which I believe can be done depending on the price fluctuations. I also wanted to have around 1/4 of the deck from the hobbit set and a salt level that isn't to high. I also wanted to try to keep Krenko out, there are after all a lot of other beautiful goblins out there.

Bard, King of Dale

Aug 13, 2026

Thorin Oakenshield

Aug 13, 2026

Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills

Aug 13, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William

Aug 13, 2026

BERT: Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey if it don’t look like mutton again tomorrer. TOM: That’s the beauty of it, ain’t it? Everything what wanders in goes in the pot — ponies, spiders, burglars. And the more we eat, the cleverer we get. WILLIAM: Cleverer? You et half a warg last night and all you thought of was seconds. TOM: Seconds was the thought, weren’t it. BERT: Shut it, both of you. Big meals, big ideas — keep the fire going and don’t stop eatin’ till there’s nobody left at the table but us. WILLIAM: And if the sun catches us? TOM: Then we stands very still… and eats very quiet.

Gandalf, Party Guest

Aug 13, 2026

Legends - Big Spells - Wizards Bring all your most magically inclined companions to celebrate The Hobbit with Wizard Party! Conjure all your closest friends, but be ready for an explosive event! With 24 Wizard creatures, and 26 Instants and Sorceries, you're sure to inspire awe at the table. And when you run out of spells in hand, have no fear! With spells like Aminatou's Augury, Mizzix's Mastery, and Surge to Victory, the party never truly ends!

Fíli the Pathfinder

Aug 13, 2026

Find the Path with Fili The Pathfinder! Fili leads the dwarves on their quest to the Lonely Mountain, cast spells to exile Fili and return him battlefield to bring more dwarves! Anthems and Equipment are also on this journey to help turn your dwarves into mighty warriors ready to face Smaug!

Bard the Bowman

Aug 13, 2026

***NOTE: I built decks with german card prices in mind. This deck has a total value of 95€ in Germany which is 40€ below the usual Euro deck value of precons. Also: There was NO AI used in the process of building this deck. I think I should mention this, cuz AI deckbuilding is a thing sadly.*** Bard is inherently a commander which is on the weaker side. The reason being that, compared to most modern commander designs, it's more of a sealed / draft card. But I saw this as a challenge to try to make something cool around it and I think this deck actually turned out pretty decent. The plan of this deck is simple: Draw cards, pump creatures. To accomplish this plan, there are a lot of cheap creatures and spells to draw either 1 card to assist the second card draw during our own turn or to draw 2-3 cards on an enemy's turn to get some additional triggers. Creatures like "Dusk Legion Duelist", "Generous Pup" and "Exemplar of Light" turn the +1 counters Bard places into further card draw and buffs, which can result in even more damage. Cards like "Scrawling Crawler" and "Psychosis Crawler" help with continuous damage across all opponents. I also took into account possible reprints to go along with this Commander Deck if it actually were to be printed. Some obvious choiced are the afformentioned "Scrawling Crawler", the fan favorite "Ledger Shredder" and "Minn, Willy Illusionist" which is a great card to support having a wide deck to eat up incoming damage. But Minn also feeds into the second kinda strategy this deck has: Tokens. Aside from Minn, "Alandra, Sky Dreamer", "Detective of the Month" and "Emrakul's Messenger" provide tokens for both ramp and protection. Or, in the end, to overrun the enemy. I am a huge fan of the classic two-stretegy Commander deck design, so I had to implement it here too. A few other favorite cards of mine for this deck are: ᛫"Herald of Secret Streams" which enables powerful overruns in combination with the Pup or maybe even allow to kill someone with commander damage once in a while; ᛫"Talrand, Sky Summoner", who doesn't inherently look like a great choice in here, but the amount of noncreature spells allows for explosive drake-creation which, in combination with Alandra, is able to finish games quickly; ᛫"Copycrook", which allows for even more cards to be seen through and for some other cards to gain a huge buff and; ᛫"Chasm Skulker", which can burst into a lotta little baby squids, we love little baby squids. And they'll probably also kill our enemies or draw us a lotta more cards with "Flitterwing, Nuisance" All in all, I think this is a really fun commander deck. Nothing nearly bracket 3 ready, but fun in a bracket 2 pod which precons should be in. *Prof, there are Merfolks in here, cmon*

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Aug 13, 2026

Under the mountain lies the mighty, the golden, his magnificence in scaled glory, the King Under the Mountain, Smaug! In this pre-con, use treasures to stock a horde and use to devastate your foes with your slew of powerful spells! Work your minions and horde to your favour with a slew of artifacts at your disposal and if possible, steal all of theirs for a satisfying victory! Note: There is an alt-win con in Hellkite Tyrant, it was between that and Revel and I think Hellkite fits better of just *taking* all their stuff. As well as there is a single infinite with Bladewing the Risen and Cursed Mirror. They both felt good fits and they don't auto win you the game without other set up, so it felt reasonable to leave in. Otherwise, my take on a hobbit precon! I also limited my deck building to ONLY taking cards from either the Hobbit, LTR or MTG itself and no other UB. If the card like Brainstealer had another printing besides in a UB, a-okay like WOTC would make their own Commander decks.