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Commander
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Commander
Size: 100Est cost: $718.27Salt sum: 34.04
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Commander
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
Partner with Sam, Loyal Attendant
Vigilance
Whenever Frodo attacks, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, the Ring tempts you. Then if Frodo is your Ring-bearer and the Ring has tempted you two or more times this game, draw a card.
Vigilance
Whenever Frodo attacks, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, the Ring tempts you. Then if Frodo is your Ring-bearer and the Ring has tempted you two or more times this game, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Scout Halfling
Sam, Loyal Attendant
Partner with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit (When this creature enters, target player may put Frodo into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Activated abilities of Foods you control cost less to activate.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Activated abilities of Foods you control cost less to activate.
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
Commander
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c Setup
Apothecary White
Vigilance
Whenever you attack, you create a Food token for each player being attacked. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
, , Tap X untapped Foods you control: Create X 1/1 white Human creature tokens.
Whenever you attack, you create a Food token for each player being attacked. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
, , Tap X untapped Foods you control: Create X 1/1 white Human creature tokens.
Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Astrid Peth
Whenever Astrid Peth enters or attacks, create a Food token.
Brand-new Sky — Whenever you sacrifice a Clue or Food, Astrid Peth explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Brand-new Sky — Whenever you sacrifice a Clue or Food, Astrid Peth explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. Create a Food token.
II — Draw a card. Create a Food token.
III — Create a 1/1 white Halfling creature token for each Food you control.
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. Create a Food token.
II — Draw a card. Create a Food token.
III — Create a 1/1 white Halfling creature token for each Food you control.
Enchantment - Saga
Pippin, Warden of Isengard
Partner with Merry, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Merry into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
, : Create a Food token.
, Sacrifice four Foods: Other creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
, : Create a Food token.
, Sacrifice four Foods: Other creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Halfling
Rapacious Guest
Menace
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Food token.
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to its power.
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Food token.
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to its power.
Creature - Citizen Halfling
Samwise Gamgee
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
The Cabbage Merchant
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, sacrifice a Food token.
Tap two untapped Foods you control: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, sacrifice a Food token.
Tap two untapped Foods you control: Add one mana of any color.
Legendary Creature - Human Citizen
c Setup
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Land
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add .
Channel — , Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Channel — , Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Land
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Payoff - Beatdown
Payoff - Beatdown
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Payoff - Drain
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor
Whenever one or more tokens your opponents control enter, for each of them, create a tapped token that's a copy of it. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever one or more tokens you control enter, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
When Lobelia enters, look at the top card of each opponent's library and exile those cards face down.
, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one —
• Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost.
• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose one —
• Until end of turn, you may play a card exiled with Lobelia without paying its mana cost.
• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Legendary Creature - Citizen Halfling
Marionette Apprentice
Fabricate 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.)
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Whenever another creature or artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Human Artificer
Marionette Master
Fabricate 3 (When this creature enters, put three +1/+1 counters on it or create three 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.)
Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to this creature's power.
Whenever an artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses life equal to this creature's power.
Creature - Human Artificer
Payoff - Drain
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Protection
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Protection
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q Draw
Bilbo's Ring
During your turn, equipped creature has hexproof and can't be blocked.
Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Equip Halfling (: Attach to target Halfling you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Whenever equipped creature attacks alone, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Equip Halfling (: Attach to target Halfling you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Nightmare
q Draw
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Ramp
Night of the Sweets' Revenge
When this enchantment enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Foods you control have ": Add ."
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Foods you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Foods you control have ": Add ."
, Sacrifice this enchantment: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of Foods you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Enchantment
Ramp
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Removal / Interaction
Season of the Burrow
Choose up to five worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once.
— Create a 1/1 white Rabbit creature token.
— Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller draws a card.
— Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with an indestructible counter on it.
— Create a 1/1 white Rabbit creature token.
— Exile target nonland permanent. Its controller draws a card.
— Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield with an indestructible counter on it.
Sorcery
The Legend of Yangchen
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Starting with you, each player chooses up to one permanent with mana value 3 or greater from among permanents your opponents control. Exile those permanents.
II — You may have target opponent draw three cards. If you do, draw three cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
I — Starting with you, each player chooses up to one permanent with mana value 3 or greater from among permanents your opponents control. Exile those permanents.
II — You may have target opponent draw three cards. If you do, draw three cards.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
Removal / Interaction
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Tokens
Phoenix Fleet Airship
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed a permanent this turn, create a token that's a copy of this Vehicle.
As long as you control eight or more permanents named Phoenix Fleet Airship, this Vehicle is an artifact creature.
Crew 1
At the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed a permanent this turn, create a token that's a copy of this Vehicle.
As long as you control eight or more permanents named Phoenix Fleet Airship, this Vehicle is an artifact creature.
Crew 1
Artifact - Vehicle
Tokens
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Sideboard
Campsite Cuisine
Whenever this enchantment or a legendary creature you control enters, create a Food token.
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice X Foods. When you do, up to X target attacking creatures each get +3/+3 and gain trample and indestructible until end of turn.
Whenever you attack, you may sacrifice X Foods. When you do, up to X target attacking creatures each get +3/+3 and gain trample and indestructible until end of turn.
Enchantment
Field-Tested Frying Pan
When this Equipment enters, create a Food token, then create a 1/1 white Halfling creature token and attach this Equipment to it.
Equipped creature has "Whenever you gain life, this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained."
Equip
Equipped creature has "Whenever you gain life, this creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the amount of life you gained."
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Giggling Skitterspike
Indestructible
Whenever this creature attacks, blocks, or becomes the target of a spell, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
: Monstrosity 5. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
Whenever this creature attacks, blocks, or becomes the target of a spell, it deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
: Monstrosity 5. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
Creature Artifact - Toy
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gyome, Master Chef
Trample
At the beginning of your end step, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of nontoken creatures you had enter the battlefield under your control this turn.
, Sacrifice a Food: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
At the beginning of your end step, create a number of Food tokens equal to the number of nontoken creatures you had enter the battlefield under your control this turn.
, Sacrifice a Food: Target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.
Legendary Creature - Troll Warlock
Sorin of House Markov
Lifelink
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, exile Sorin, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, exile Sorin, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Human Noble
Trail of Crumbs
When this enchantment enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, you may pay . If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. You may reveal a permanent card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, you may pay . If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. You may reveal a permanent card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Enchantment
Sideboard
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Maybeboard
Frodo, Sauron's Bane
: If Frodo is a Citizen, it becomes a Halfling Scout with base power and toughness 2/3 and lifelink.
: If Frodo is a Scout, it becomes a Halfling Rogue with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game if the Ring has tempted you four or more times this game. Otherwise, the Ring tempts you."
: If Frodo is a Scout, it becomes a Halfling Rogue with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game if the Ring has tempted you four or more times this game. Otherwise, the Ring tempts you."
Legendary Creature - Citizen Halfling
Ratadrabik of Urborg
Vigilance, ward
Other Zombies you control have vigilance.
Whenever another legendary creature you control dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's not legendary and it's a 2/2 black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
Other Zombies you control have vigilance.
Whenever another legendary creature you control dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's not legendary and it's a 2/2 black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Zombie
Rosie Cotton of South Lane
When Rosie Cotton enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever you create a token, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control other than Rosie Cotton.
Whenever you create a token, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control other than Rosie Cotton.
Legendary Creature - Peasant Halfling
Maybeboard
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Description
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