Riddles in the Dark

The Hobbit · #53 · rare · EN

€0.11 · Foil $0.15

cheapest of 38 store offers · see all

market $0.26 · Foil $0.32

Mana cost: {2}{U}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Mill

Look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of the piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Artist: Lorenzo Mastroianni

Released: 2026-08-14

Finishes: Nonfoil, Foil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $0.26
  • TCGplayer foil: $0.32
  • Cardmarket: €0.30
  • Cardmarket foil: €0.59
  • MTGO tix: 0.02
$25.00$0.22
155 days of daily prices for Riddles in the Dark: $19.49 to $0.26
2026-05-112026-11-12
regular foil · 155 days tracked · $19.49 → $0.26 (-99%) · low $0.22 · high $25.00
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (The Hobbit #53) in 5 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
CardTraderNM · yesterdayNMregular€0.11yesterday
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.15today
ManaPoolNM · foil · todayNMfoil$0.15today
ManaPoolSP · foil · todaySPfoil$0.15today
CardTraderNM · foil · yesterdayNMfoil€0.18yesterday
The Comic HunterNM · yesterdayNMregularCA$0.36yesterday
CardTraderSP · yesterdaySPregular€0.29yesterday
Atlas CollectablesNM · foil · todayNMfoilCA$0.49today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$0.50today
CardTraderSP · foil · yesterdaySPfoil€0.46yesterday

Truncated: 27 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 38 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: legal
  • pioneer: legal
  • modern: legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 23 lists
  • 37 copies tracked

All printings of Riddles in the Dark

USD · low $0.26 · high $60.70

Set#RarityUSD
Spotlight Series#12 · rare12rare$60.70
The Hobbit Art Series#12 · common12common—
The Hobbit#292 · rare292rare$0.64
The Hobbit#53 · rare53rare$0.26