Meriadoc Brandybuck
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
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.")
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-06-16
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.
- 2023-06-16
Halflings attacking a planeswalker or battle won't cause Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability to trigger.
- 2024-11-08
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- 2024-11-08
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- 2024-11-08
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.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Meriadoc Brandybuck, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit | 1 | 0 | — |
| Merry, Warden of Isengard | 1 | 0 | — |
| Pippin, Warden of Isengard | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sam, Loyal Attendant | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Abzan 2 decks
Meriadoc Brandybuck price history
The The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #177 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.31 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.31 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.31 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.31 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.32 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.32 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.32 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.32 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.32 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.32 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.31 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $0.24 | $0.31 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.31 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.32 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.21 | $0.32 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.32 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $0.19 | $0.32 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.32 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.32 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.30 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Meriadoc Brandybuck
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $0.38
- Foil
- $0.44
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Foil
- $0.57
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $0.22
- Foil
- $0.31
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $0.27
- Foil
- $0.32
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Meriadoc Brandybuck. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
