Meriadoc Brandybuck

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Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

LTRThe Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#177uncommon
Foil

"My dear old Hobbit, you don't allow for the inquisitiveness of friends. I have known about the existence of the Ring for years."

Border
black
Security stamp
triangle
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1082
Illustrator
Marie Magny
Found in
The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Starter Kit · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Jumpstart Booster Pack · 3 more
Printings4
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
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.")
2/2

Plays as: Lifegain Source · Food Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 2h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+4.2%
$0.25
$0.02 low$0.01 gap
Foil-3.2%
$0.30
$0.06 low-$0.02 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.14· across 4 printings

Rulings

5 · latest Nov 8, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

  • WotCNov 8, 2024

    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.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    Halflings attacking a planeswalker or battle won't cause Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability to trigger.

  • WotCJun 16, 2023

    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.