Improvised Club
The Hobbit Eternal 197 • common
- Set
- The Hobbit Eternal
- Collector number
- 197
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Pablo Mendoza
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Improvised Club deals 4 damage to any target.
"'For a couple o' pins,' says Troll, and grins, 'I'll eat thee too and gnaw thy shins.'"— Sam
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Improvised Club, card number 197 in The Hobbit Eternal set, was released as a common utility card designed to represent the rudimentary weapons employed by the protagonists during their journey. Produced by Decipher Inc. during the late 1990s as part of their licensed Middle-earth collectible card game series, the card was intended to add mechanical variety to combat scenarios by providing a low-cost, disposable equipment option for characters lacking specialized weaponry.
The illustration features a rugged, hand-hewn wooden implement rendered in the distinct painterly style common to the series. The design choice aimed to evoke the gritty, low-fantasy aesthetic of the source material, emphasizing the resourcefulness of the characters. Upon its release, it was regarded by the player base as a functional, if unremarkable, staple of the starter decks, valued more for its thematic utility and contribution to the game's immersive atmosphere than for its competitive strength.
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