Published May 1, 2026, 9:10 PM EDT

Smaug plus Old Gnawbone equals piles of treasure tokens

One of Magic's new Hobbit cards has a bonkers combo thanks to this overpowered D&D dragon

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Dragons love their treasure hoards, but no dragon cherishes their trove more than Smaug from The Hobbit . At MagicCon: Las Vegas 2026 , Wizards of the Coast finally revealed the first few cards from the upcoming set, due out Aug. 14, and the headliner is Smaug the Magnificent.

Fittingly, the card is super-powerful, but when you play it alongside one particular dragon that’s five years old, things can very quickly spiral out of control.

Smaug the Magnificent comes in three variants: a mythic rare in the main set, a borderless version with a dragon hoard frame, and a gleaming gold headliner card.…