The Gaffer
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
HOCThe Hobbit Eternal#55mythic
BorderlessSurge Foil
"'Live and learn!' as my gaffer used to say. Though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor of trying to walk like a spider." —Sam
- Finishes
- Foil
- Border
- borderless
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 321
- Illustrator
- Chuck Lukacs
- Found in
- The Hobbit Collector Booster Pack
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
2/3Plays as:
Card Draw
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Rulings
3 · latest Jun 16, 2023
- WotCJun 16, 2023
If you haven't gained 3 or more life by the time an end step begins, The Gaffer's ability won't trigger at all.
- WotCJun 16, 2023
The Gaffer's ability looks at how much life you've gained in the turn, even if it wasn't on the battlefield when you gained life. It doesn't care if you also lost life, even if you lost more life than you gained.
- WotCJun 16, 2023
You draw just one card, no matter how much life you've gained past 3 life.