We're just a month or so away from the release of MTG The Hobbit, but those tricksy halflings are up to mischief already – the community has cottoned on to there being pumpkins in Magic's version of the Shire, and it's reignited a debate that's sent me down one hell of a rabbit hole.
As often happens with new sets for the best card games, MTG The Hobbit features specially themed cards… including seasonal basic lands that follow a hobbit hole through the year from Spring to snowy Winter. One card has pumpkins in pride of place outside the door for Fall, and that's where our problem begins. You see, pumpkins aren't allowed in Middle-earth. As in, at all – and the Tolkien estate has a history with making damn sure these squashes are forcibly evicted from Lord of the Rings.
