Samwise Gamgee
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant · 2/2
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.)
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperNot legal
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All 5 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 673 | Nov 2023 | $9.21 | $17.34 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 819 | Nov 2023 | – | $17.96 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 222 | Jun 2023 | $2.33 | $3.89 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Promos PLTR | 222s | Jun 2023 | – | $9.23 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth LTR | 327 | Jun 2023 | $1.32 | $2.73 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
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Rulings
Some abilities trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell." Such an ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Lands are never cast, so abilities that trigger "whenever you cast a historic spell" won't trigger if you play a legendary land. They also won't trigger if a card on the battlefield transforms into a card with the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype.
A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn't make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn't.
An ability that triggers "whenever you cast a historic spell" doesn't trigger if a historic card is put onto the battlefield without being cast.
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.
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
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