Magic: The Gathering

Last Light of Durin's Day

The Hobbit 228 • rare

Set: The Hobbit
Collector number: 228
Rarity: Rare
Mana cost: 1 generic mana red mana
Type: Enchantment
Colors: Red
Artist: Francisco Badilla
Market price: $3.74

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$3.74market price via TCGplayer · Aug 7, 2026$3.30 – $5.01 over the tracked period

$3.74Aug 7, 2026

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Lore

Why it matters

This rare enchantment card from The Hobbit set beautifully illustrates the pivotal moment when the setting sun reveals the hidden keyhole to Erebor. Collectors prize this card for its evocative depiction of Tolkien’s lore, brought to life through the atmospheric and detailed artwork of Francisco Badilla.

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What it does

Whenever a Mountain you control enters, put a quest counter on this enchantment. If it has six or more quest counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, search your hand and/or library for a Dragon card and put it onto the battlefield. If you search your library this way, shuffle.

Mountaincycling 2 generic mana (2 generic mana, Discard this card: Search your library for a Mountain card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

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Provenance

Where it came from

Last Light of Durin's Day was released as part of the Magic: The Gathering expansion set centered on J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. This set was designed to integrate the iconic lore of Middle-earth into the game's mechanics, specifically highlighting pivotal moments from Bilbo Baggins' journey. The enchantment card represents the climactic scene at the Lonely Mountain where the final beam of sunlight reveals the secret keyhole, serving as a narrative device that translates the literary significance of the event into a strategic gameplay element.

The artwork for this card was commissioned from Francisco Badilla, who aimed to capture the ethereal, fleeting nature of the sunlight hitting the stone. Badilla utilized a dramatic color palette to emphasize the transition from shadow to illumination, a stylistic choice intended to evoke the sense of discovery and high stakes present in the source material. Upon its release, the card was received by the player base as a flavorful nod to the original text, balancing aesthetic adherence to the narrative with the structural requirements of an enchantment card within the game's broader meta.

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