Meriadoc Brandybuck
Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
LTRThe Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth#314uncommon
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- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- ~1 in 11–2163
- Illustrator
- Marko Manev
- Found in
- The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Collector Booster Pack · The Lord of the Rings Tales of Middle earth Set Booster Pack · 2 more
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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 "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
2/2, , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")Plays as: Lifegain Source · Food Maker
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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.