The Hobbit runs to 321 cards across four rarities, which on its own says very little: a set this size holds dozens of mythics and the rarity line cannot tell you which of them anybody opens packs for. The treatment can. These 12 are the borderless and special-framed cards, which is where a Magic set keeps its chase.
The list
1. Thranduil's Company
Card 213 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
2. Dáin's Company
Card 212 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
3. Bolg's Company
Card 211 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
4. Bard's Company
Card 210 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
5. Thorin's Last Stand
Card 209 of 321. Common, borderless, inverted.
6. Chief Warg's Company
Card 208 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
7. The Lonely Mountain
Card 207 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
8. Dreaded Bat-Cloud
Card 206 of 321. Uncommon, borderless, inverted.
9. The Eagles Are Coming.
Card 205 of 321. Rare, borderless, inverted.
10. Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death
Card 204 of 321. Rare, borderless, legendary, inverted.
11. Gandalf, Spark Starter
Card 203 of 321. Uncommon, borderless, legendary, inverted.
12. Thorin Oakenshield
Card 202 of 321. Uncommon, borderless, legendary, inverted.
How these were picked
Magic: The Gathering publish no pull rates for Magic sets, so nothing here is an odds claim. The ranking is the card's treatment and its collector number, both recorded by the publisher: borderless first, then the other special frames, and within each the highest collector numbers, which is where a set prints its special slots. A mythic in the ordinary frame is not on this list however good the card is, because this is a list about scarcity rather than about play.
Where they sit in the set
12 cards out of 321.
Sources
- The Magic: The Gathering: The Hobbit checklist on this site, and the publisher's own card list.
- Magic: The Gathering
Frequently asked questions
What is the rarest card in The Hobbit?
Thranduil's Company, a Rare, borderless, inverted.
What are the pull rates for The Hobbit?
Magic: The Gathering do not publish pull rates for this set. Anything presenting itself as official odds for The Hobbit is somebody's estimate, and this list ranks on the set's rarity structure instead.
How many cards are in The Hobbit?
321 across 4 rarities, with a printed run of 321.
