Meriadoc Brandybuck
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 2
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #314 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.22 USD
Whenever one or more Halflings you control attack a player, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Meriadoc Brandybuck has 4 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #6,126 among Commander cards. It appears most in Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant decks (15,941 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Meriadoc Brandybuck most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant: 15,941 decks
- Samwise Gamgee: 1,699 decks
- Treebeard, Gracious Host: 686 decks
- The Notary Hobbits: 404 decks
- Greta, Sweettooth Scourge: 212 decks
- Frodo Baggins: 185 decks
- Peregrin Took: 184 decks
- Farmer Cotton: 168 decks
Often played with Meriadoc Brandybuck
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability has you create just one Food token per player you attack with a Halfling, no matter how many Halflings you attack them with beyond the first.
- : Halflings attacking a planeswalker or battle won't cause Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability to trigger.
- : Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- : Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- : You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.