FretBird
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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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Counters
Aragorn, Company Leader
Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Aragorn as your Ring-bearer, put your choice of a counter from among first strike, vigilance, deathtouch, and lifelink on Aragorn.
Whenever you put one or more counters on Aragorn, put one of each of those kinds of counters on up to one other target creature.
Whenever you put one or more counters on Aragorn, put one of each of those kinds of counters on up to one other target creature.
Legendary Creature - Human Ranger
Counters
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Creature
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
Merry, Warden of Isengard
Partner with Pippin, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Pippin into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more artifacts you control enter, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token with lifelink. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Advisor Halfling
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
Creature
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Drain
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
Drain
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Draw
Draw
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Finisher
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
Finisher
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Instant
Instant
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Land
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Land
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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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Recursion
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
Recursion
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Sorcery
Sorcery
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Tokens
Camellia, the Seedmiser
Menace
Other Squirrels you control have menace.
Whenever you sacrifice one or more Foods, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
, Forage: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other Squirrel you control. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.)
Other Squirrels you control have menace.
Whenever you sacrifice one or more Foods, create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token.
, Forage: Put a +1/+1 counter on each other Squirrel you control. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.)
Legendary Creature - Squirrel Warlock
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens are created instead.
, Sacrifice X Squirrels: Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens are created instead.
, Sacrifice X Squirrels: Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Squirrel
Tokens
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Tutor
Tutor
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Deck Info
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Description
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