USD foil $17.54

The Gaffer

Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant

At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.

"'Live and learn!' as my gaffer used to say. Though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor of trying to walk like a spider." —Sam

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Set: The Hobbit Eternal (HOC #55)
Rarity: Mythic
Mana value: 3
Released: 2026-08-14
Artist: Chuck Lukacs
EDHREC rank: #1,620
Colour identity
Finishes: Foil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.25

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Can be your commander

Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Not legal

Modern Not legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Not legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2023-06-16
If you haven't gained 3 or more life by the time an end step begins, The Gaffer's ability won't trigger at all.
2023-06-16
The Gaffer's ability looks at how much life you've gained in the turn, even if it wasn't on the battlefield when you gained life. It doesn't care if you also lost life, even if you lost more life than you gained.
2023-06-16
You draw just one card, no matter how much life you've gained past 3 life.