Tom Bombadil
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
As long as there are four or more lore counters among Sagas you control, Tom Bombadil has hexproof and indestructible.
Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control resolves, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a Saga card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Combos with Tom Bombadil
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- The World Spell Mortuary Cloudstone Curio Starfield of Nyx Infinite
- Infinite blinking
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- The World Spell Mortuary Cloudstone Curio Opalescence Infinite
- Infinite blinking
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2023-06-16
Damage dealt to creatures remains on those creatures until the cleanup step or until an effect removes that damage. If you control Tom Bombadil with at least 4 damage on it as well as a single Saga which has four or more lore counters on it, and that Saga leaves the battlefield later in the turn, Tom Bombadil will be destroyed. This will be true even if that Saga leaves the battlefield as a result of its final chapter ability leaving the stack; state-based actions will be checked before Tom Bombadil's triggered ability could get you another Saga.
- 2023-06-16
An ability that triggers when another ability resolves, such as Tom Bombadil's triggered ability, triggers when all of its instructions (as modified by applicable replacement effects) have been followed and it has been removed from the stack. For example, if Tom Bombadil is returned to the battlefield by the final chapter ability of Elspeth Conquers Death, it will be on the battlefield in time to see that final chapter ability finish resolving and get removed from the stack, and thus Tom Bombadil's last ability will trigger.
- 2023-06-16
The final chapter ability of a Saga is the ability with the greatest chapter number among chapter abilities that Saga has.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
As a commander
Decks built with Tom Bombadil in the command zone.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Tom Bombadil, whatever its commander.
Tom Bombadil price history
The The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth #234 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $2.41 | $5.23 |
| Nov 10, 2026 | $2.42 | $5.23 |
| Nov 9, 2026 | $2.39 | $5.23 |
| Nov 8, 2026 | $2.35 | $5.23 |
| Nov 6, 2026 | $2.38 | $5.23 |
| Nov 5, 2026 | $2.35 | $5.31 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $2.41 | $5.31 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | $2.34 | $5.31 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $2.36 | $5.31 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | $2.39 | $5.31 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $2.43 | $5.31 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $2.40 | $5.31 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $2.45 | $5.31 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $2.43 | $5.31 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $2.40 | $5.39 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $2.45 | $5.39 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $2.40 | $5.39 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $2.48 | $5.39 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $2.49 | $5.39 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | $2.57 | $5.39 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $2.64 | $5.39 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $2.73 | $5.39 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $2.94 | $5.39 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $3.05 | $5.47 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | $3.00 | $5.48 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | $3.11 | $5.35 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $3.08 | $5.52 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $3.28 | $5.52 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $3.32 | $5.52 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $3.47 | $5.52 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $3.57 | $5.52 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $3.45 | $5.52 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $3.47 | $5.44 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $3.58 | $5.45 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $3.69 | $5.45 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $3.88 | $5.44 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $3.95 | $5.42 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $4.33 | $5.40 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Tom Bombadil
9 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.
Inverted
The Hobbit Eternal
- Normal
- $7.91
- Foil
- $8.99
Inverted
The Hobbit Eternal
- Foil
- $38.69
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $26.70
- Foil
- $38.97
Borderless
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $280.39
- Foil
- $397.66
Borderless
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Foil
- —
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Foil
- $52.20
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $2.41
- Foil
- $5.23
Promo
Tales of Middle-earth Promos
- Foil
- $51.26
Showcase
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Normal
- $2.35
- Foil
- $4.43
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Tom Bombadil. 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.
