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Commander
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
Commander
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Card Advantage(Veggies)
Dawn of a New Age
This enchantment enters with a hope counter on it for each creature you control.
At the beginning of your end step, remove a hope counter from this enchantment. If you do, draw a card. Then if this enchantment has no hope counters on it, sacrifice it and you gain 4 life.
At the beginning of your end step, remove a hope counter from this enchantment. If you do, draw a card. Then if this enchantment has no hope counters on it, sacrifice it and you gain 4 life.
Enchantment
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
Card Advantage(Veggies)
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Food Payoffs(Enhancers)
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
Food Payoffs(Enhancers)
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Food Producer(Standalone)
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
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
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
Food Producer(Standalone)
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Go wide(Standalone)
Provisions Merchant
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, attacking creatures get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.
Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, attacking creatures get +1/+1 and gain trample until end of turn.
Creature - Beast Peasant
Go wide(Standalone)
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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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Mass Disruption(Veggies)
Mass Disruption(Veggies)
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Protection(Enablers)
Dawn's Truce
Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.
You and permanents you control gain hexproof until end of turn. If the gift was promised, permanents you control also gain indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Protection(Enablers)
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Ramp(Veggies)
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(Veggies)
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Recursion(Standalone)
Back for Seconds
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was bargained, you may put one of those cards with mana value 4 or less onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand.
Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was bargained, you may put one of those cards with mana value 4 or less onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your hand.
Sorcery
Marshal's Anthem
Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
When this enchantment enters, return up to X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of times this enchantment was kicked.
Creatures you control get +1/+1.
When this enchantment enters, return up to X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield, where X is the number of times this enchantment was kicked.
Enchantment
Recursion(Standalone)
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Targeted Disruption(Veggies)
Targeted Disruption(Veggies)
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Untapper(Enablers)
Untapper(Enablers)
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Maybeboard
Courageous Resolve
Up to one target creature you control gains protection from each of your opponents until end of turn. Draw a card. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything controlled by those players.)
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, you can't lose life this turn, you can't lose the game this turn, and your opponents can't win the game this turn.
Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, you can't lose life this turn, you can't lose the game this turn, and your opponents can't win the game this turn.
Instant
Galadriel's Dismissal
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Target creature phases out. If this spell was kicked, each creature target player controls phases out instead. (Treat phased-out creatures and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Target creature phases out. If this spell was kicked, each creature target player controls phases out instead. (Treat phased-out creatures and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Instant
Gemstone Caverns
If this card is in your opening hand and you're not the starting player, you may begin the game with Gemstone Caverns on the battlefield with a luck counter on it. If you do, exile a card from your hand.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
: Add . If Gemstone Caverns has a luck counter on it, instead add one mana of any color.
Legendary Land
Gollum, Scheming Guide
Whenever Gollum attacks, look at the top two cards of your library, put them back in any order, then choose land or nonland. An opponent guesses whether the top card of your library is the chosen kind. Reveal that card. If they guessed right, remove Gollum from combat. Otherwise, you draw a card and Gollum can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
One Ring to Rule Them All
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — The Ring tempts you, then each player mills cards equal to your Ring-bearer's power.
II — Destroy all nonlegendary creatures.
III — Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature card in that player's graveyard.
I — The Ring tempts you, then each player mills cards equal to your Ring-bearer's power.
II — Destroy all nonlegendary creatures.
III — Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature card in that player's graveyard.
Enchantment - Saga
Maybeboard
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