The Battle of Bywater
- Mana cost
- {1}{W}{W}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #757 (rare)
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
The Battle of Bywater has 5 printings, first in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023). EDHREC ranks it #1,881 among Commander cards. It appears most in Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant decks (16,875 on EDHREC). It has 3 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 The Battle of Bywater most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant: 16,875 decks
- Ragost, Deft Gastronaut: 7,808 decks
- Arcades, the Strategist: 3,777 decks
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout: 3,543 decks
- Felothar the Steadfast: 3,346 decks
- Baylen, the Haymaker: 2,679 decks
- Samwise Gamgee: 2,268 decks
- Frodo, Sauron's Bane: 1,671 decks
Often played with The Battle of Bywater
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- : 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.
- : Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.