Commander VS #503: What Happens When You Bring The Power 9 To A Hobbit Fight?

Join the crew as they battle with four all-new commanders from Magic: The Gathering | The Hobbit™!

By Commander VS

August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Tom, Bert, and William, illustrated by Leonardo Borazio

Tom, Bert, and William Jonathan Suarez

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 19, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Tom, Bert, and William

Creature (32)

1

Anticausal Vestige

1

Bebop & Rocksteady

1

Beifong's Bounty Hunters

1

Birds of Paradise

1

Bygone Colossus

1

Daemogoth Titan

1

Delighted Halfling

1

Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise

1

Elves of Deep Shadow

1

1

Eternal Witness

1

Fanatic of Rhonas

1

1

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

1

Grave Researcher // Reanimate

1

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

1

Kalakscion, Hunger Tyrant

1

1

Phyrexian Dreadnought

1

Phyrexian Soulgorger

1

Pitiless Plunderer

1

1

Psychosis Crawler

1

Rot-Curse Rakshasa

1

Rotting Regisaur

1

Sakura-Tribe Elder

1

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

1

Slumbering Trudge

1

Topiary Stomper

1

Wayward Swordtooth

1

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

1

Yargle and Multani

Artifact (7)

1

1

Cauldron of Essence

1

1

Talisman of Resilience

1

The Great Henge

1

The Skullspore Nexus

1

Enchantment (5)

1

1

Garruk's Uprising

1

1

1

Sorcery (11)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Rise of the Dark Realms

1

1

1

Instant (9)

1

1

Assassin's Trophy

1

1

1

1

Fell the Profane // Fell Mire

1

Heroic Intervention

1

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire

1

Land (35)

1

1

Boseiju, Who Endures

1

1

10

1

Llanowar Wastes

1

1

Reliquary Tower

9

Swamp

1

1

1

Underground Mortuary

1

Undergrowth Stadium

1

Verdant Catacombs

1

1

Wastewood Verge

1

Woodland Cemetery

1

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane Stephen Green

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 19, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Gandalf, Goblins' Bane // Flameshape

Creature (16)

1

Ashling, Flame Dancer

1

Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty

1

Coruscation Mage

1

Electro, Assaulting Battery

1

Emeritus of Conflict // Lightning Bolt

1

Erebor Flamesmith

1

Firebrand Archer

1

1

Harmonic Prodigy

1

Hexing Squelcher

1

Kessig Flamebreather

1

Longshot, Rebel Bowman

1

Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power

1

Runaway Steam-Kin

1

Storm-Kiln Artist

1

Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

Artifact (10)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Swiftfoot Boots

1

Tablet of Discovery

1

The Fire Crystal

Enchantment (5)

1

Artist's Talent

1

1

Fiery Inscription

1

Underworld Breach

1

Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze

Sorcery (16)

1

Blasphemous Act

1

1

1

Faithless Looting

1

1

1

Impolite Entrance

1

1

Light Up the Stage

1

1

Mizzix's Mastery

1

1

Renegade Tactics

1

1

1

Instant (17)

1

1

1

1

1

Deflecting Swat

1

1

Desperate Ritual

1

1

1

1

1

Redirect Lightning

1

Return the Favor

1

1

Thrill of Possibility

1

Tibalt's Trickery

1

Unexpected Windfall

Land (35)

1

Fire Nation Palace

1

Lindblum, Industrial Regency // Mage Siege

1

30

1

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

1

Thranduil, the Elvenking Jeremy Noell

Commander

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Aug 19, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Thranduil, the Elvenking

Creature (35)

1

Abomination of Llanowar

1

Aftermath Analyst

1

Beast Whisperer

1

1

Chameleon Colossus

1

Circle of Dreams Druid

1

Craterhoof Behemoth

1

Deathbloom Ritualist

1

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

1

Eladamri, Korvecdal

1

Elrond, Moon-Reader

1

Elvish Archdruid

1

Elvish Warmaster

1

Ezuri, Renegade Leader

1

1

Formidable Speaker

1

1

Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea

1

Immaculate Magistrate

1

Imperious Perfect

1

Incubation Druid

1

Iron-Shield Elf

1

Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

1

Lathril, Blade of the Elves

1

Leaf-Crowned Visionary

1

1

Marwyn, the Nurturer

1

Priest of Titania

1

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

1

Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar

1

Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally

1

Tyvar the Bellicose

1

Tyvar, the Pummeler

1

Underrealm Lich

1

Wirewood Channeler

Artifact (8)

1

1

Lightning Greaves

1

Necklace of Girion

1

1

Swiftfoot Boots

1

The Great Henge

1

1

Thousand-Year Elixir

Enchantment (1)

1

Elderfang Venom

Sorcery (8)

1

1

1

Finale of Devastation

1

1

1

Raise the Palisade

1

1

Instant (11)

1

An Offer You Can't Refuse

1

1

Assassin's Trophy

1

1

1

Galadhrim Ambush

1

Harmonized Crescendo

1

Heroic Intervention

1

Legolas's Quick Reflexes

1

Noxious Revival

1

Land (36)

1

1

1

Cavern of Souls

1

7

1

3

1

Llanowar Wastes

1

1

Path of Ancestry

1

Phyrexian Tower

1

Rejuvenating Springs

1

Rogue's Passage

1

Shifting Woodland

4

Swamp

1

Three Tree City

1

Underground Mortuary

1

Undergrowth Stadium

1

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1

Wastewood Verge

1

1

1

1

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

1

Smaug, Wicked Worm Corey Baumeister

Commander

Article Deck

Aug 19, 2026

Commander (1)

1

Smaug, Wicked Worm

Creature (30)

1

Academy Manufactor

1

Ancient Copper Dragon

1

Atsushi, the Blazing Sky

1

Bonehoard Dracosaur

1

Cavern-Hoard Dragon

1

Charming Scoundrel

1

1

Generous Plunderer

1

Goldspan Dragon

1

Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted

1

1

Knuckles the Echidna

1

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

1

Marionette Apprentice

1

Marionette Master

1

Mastermind Plum

1

1

1

Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak

1

Professional Face-Breaker

1

Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

1

Reckless Fireweaver

1

Rev, Tithe Extractor

1

Rivaz of the Claw

1

Smaug the Impenetrable

1

Smaug the Magnificent

1

The Sackville-Bagginses

1

Thorin, Company's Leader

1

Weftstalker Ardent

1

Xorn

Artifact (8)

1

1

Coin of Mastery

1

Conjurer's Closet

1

1

1

Talisman of Indulgence

1

1

The Reaver Cleaver

Enchantment (6)

1

Alchemist's Talent

1

Black Market Connections

1

Kaya's Ghostform

1

1

Spiteful Banditry

1

The Misty Mountains Cold

Sorcery (12)

1

Blasphemous Act

1

1

1

Insatiable Avarice

1

Inside Information

1

1

Reckless Endeavor

1

Seize the Spoils

1

Seize the Spotlight

1

Shatterskull Smashing // Shatterskull, the Hammer Pass

1

Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure

1

Instant (10)

1

1

1

Fake Your Own Death

1

Fell the Profane // Fell Mire

1

Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire

1

Not Dead After All

1

1

Tibalt's Trickery

1

Unexpected Windfall

1

Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge

Land (33)

1

Accursed Duneyard

1

1

Blazemire Verge

1

1

Bloodstained Mire

1

1

1

Dragon-Cursed Halls

1

Dragonskull Summit

1

1

Foreboding Ruins

1

1

1

1

1

1

Path of Ancestry

1

Rakdos Carnarium

1

Raucous Theater

1

Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep

1

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

1

Smoldering Marsh

1

Sulfurous Springs

1

Susur Secundi, Void Altar

1

1

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

1

1

1

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

1

1

1

Vault of Whispers

1

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