Food and Fellowship Commander Deck Upgrade Guide

Orchard Strider is a six-mana 6/4 that makes two Food tokens when it enters, and it can be cycled for {1}{G} to fetch a basic land. It is played in so few Frodo and Sam decks that it barely registers in the data.

Peregrin Took is a 2/3 Halfling for {2}{G}. If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional Food token are created instead. Sam's Food each combat becomes two, and so does every other token maker in the deck. You can also sacrifice three Foods to draw a card.

Woodfall Primus costs {5}{G}{G}{G} for a 6/6 trampler that destroys a noncreature permanent when it enters and persists. Eight mana is a lot to ask in a deck that wants to spend its turns making and using Food, and the data barely lists it.

Samwise Gamgee is a 2/2 for {G}{W}. Whenever another nontoken creature enters under your control, you create a Food token. You can also sacrifice three Foods to return a historic card (an artifact, legendary card or Saga) from your graveyard to your hand, which works on your legendary Halflings.

Eagles of the North is a {5}{W} 3/3 flier that gives your creatures +1/+0 and first strike for a turn. It can be cycled for {1} to fetch a Plains, but the data barely lists it.

Meriadoc Brandybuck is a 2/2 Halfling for {1}{G}. Whenever one or more Halflings you control attack a player, you create a Food token. Frodo and Sam are Halflings, so an attack with either one is enough to start making Food.

Great Oak Guardian is a {5}{G} 4/5 with flash and reach that gives a player's creatures +2/+2 and untaps them. It is a combat trick on an expensive body, and the data barely lists it.

Call of the Ring costs {1}{B}. At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you, and whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer you may pay 2 life to draw a card. Frodo's own trigger needs the Ring to have tempted you twice, so this does the work every turn and feeds the card draw.

Hithlain Rope is a two-mana artifact that ramps or draws, then hands itself to the player on your right. It is played in about one Frodo and Sam deck in seventeen.

Elanor Gardner is a 2/4 Halfling for {3}{G}. It makes a Food token when it enters, and at the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed a Food this turn, you may search your library for a basic land and put it onto the battlefield tapped. With Sam making a Food every turn and Foods costing {1} less to use, you can sacrifice one every turn and get the land.

Landroval is a {4}{W} 3/4 flier that gives an attacker without flying flight when two or more creatures attack. It is played in about one Frodo and Sam deck in fourteen.

Belladonna Took is a 2/2 Halfling for {1}{W}. Whenever a token enters under your control she gains you 1 life on the first time this ability resolves each turn, draws a card on the second and puts a +1/+1 counter on each of your creatures on the third. A Food, a Halfling token or a Treasure all count, and the life gain helps Frodo.

Generous Ent is a {5}{G} 5/7 reach body that makes a Food when it enters and can be cycled for {1} to fetch a Forest. It is played in about one Frodo and Sam deck in seven.

Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator is a 2/3 Halfling for {2}{G}. If you would create a Food token, you create a Food token and a Treasure token instead. Every Food you make also comes with a Treasure, which is extra mana.

Butterbur is a {2}{G}{W} 3/3 that makes a Food at your end step only if you do not control one. With Sam already making a Food every combat, it adds almost nothing. It is played in about one Frodo and Sam deck in seven.

Many Partings costs {G}. It searches for a basic land, puts it into your hand and makes a Food token. A one-mana spell that fixes your land drop and adds to your Food count, and it triggers Samwise Gamgee and Peregrin Took if you play them.

Trading Post is a four-mana artifact with four {1} abilities that discard, gain life, make a Goat or sacrifice for cards. It is played in about one Frodo and Sam deck in six.

Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff is a 2/1 Halfling for {W}{B}, and both colours are Frodo's. Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. It costs two mana, is a Halfling, and gives you Treasure on any turn you cast two spells.

Call for Unity is a {3}{W}{W} enchantment that grows your team by +1/+1 for each unity counter, but it only gets a counter when a permanent leaves the battlefield under your control that turn. It is played in about one Frodo and Sam deck in five.

Night of the Sweets' Revenge costs {3}{G}. It makes a Food token when it enters, and Foods you control have "{T}: Add {G}." Every Food Sam makes is now a mana source as well as a life source. For {5}{G}{G} and a sacrifice, it can also give your creatures +X/+X, where X is the number of Foods you control. The deck already has four sweepers, so it adds mana instead of another one.

Evolving Wilds fetches a basic land tapped. It is in 38% of Frodo and Sam decks, but it scores only 20 because it adds little synergy.

The Shire is a land that enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature, taps for {G}, and for {1}{G}, {T}, and tapping an untapped creature you control creates a Food token. Frodo and Sam are legendary, so it almost always enters untapped, and it turns a spare creature's tap into a Food.

Commander's Sphere is a three-mana rock that taps for one colour of your commander's identity and can be sacrificed to draw a card. It scores 20: it is in 25% of Frodo and Sam decks.

Bag End Banquet costs {6}. When it enters it creates three Food tokens, and it taps for {C} for each Food you control. With Sam making a Food every combat, it becomes one of the largest mana sources in the deck.

Pristine Talisman taps for {C} and gains you 1 life. It is in about one Frodo and Sam deck in five, and with Sphere, Signet and Lantern already in the deck it is the least needed rock.

Sméagol, Helpful Guide is a 4/2 Halfling for {1}{B}{G}. At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, and you put it onto the battlefield tapped under your control. Each tempt also moves Frodo closer to his card draw.