WotC may be able to reprint in demand cards from the set, like The One Ring or Orcish Bowmasters, but the Hobbit set is being designed for Standard, while the original LOTR was made with Modern's higher power levels in mind
How to approach it: Start with affordable pieces a few Base Set commons, a Jungle or Fossil uncommon Work your way up to holos as your budget grows Learn about condition grading, because condition is everything for vintage Goal: Just Have Fun No spreadsheet, no master list, no strategy
It wasnt a dominant meta deck for long, but did see some tournament play in late 2021
Probably because some jerk owns most of them
Creatures (26) 2 Verdurous Gearhulk 4 Winding Constrictor 4 Rishkar, Peema Renegade 4 Walking Ballista 2 The Scarab God 2 Herald of Secret Streams 4 Merfolk Branchwalker 4 Vineshaper Mystic Lands (22) Spells (12) Now, we probably dont actually want Vineshaper Mystic, as its probably just too much worse than Rishkar, Peema Renegade while asking a lot more of us