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Sam, Loyal Attendant
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Sam, Loyal Attendant

{1}{G}{W}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant

Partner with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit (When this creature enters, target player may put Frodo into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Activated abilities of Foods you control cost {1} less to activate.

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Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC #7)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
3
Released
2023-06-23
Artist
Campbell White
EDHREC rank
#6,555
Colour identity
{G}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, 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 0.41
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commanderPartnerIn a preconstructed deck

Combos 46

Sam, Loyal Attendant+Peregrin Took+Camellia, the Seedmiser+Academy Manufactor
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokensInfinite card drawInfinite Clue tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Pippin, Warden of Isengard+Hazel's Brewmaster
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite tapped Food tokens
Peregrin Took+Treebeard, Gracious Host+Scurry Oak+Prize Pig+Sam, Loyal Attendant
{G}{W}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite card drawInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Warren Soultrader+Academy Manufactor+Experimental Confectioner
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite artifact tokensInfinite Clue tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Mutagen Man, Living Ooze+Peregrin Took+Camellia, the Seedmiser
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite card drawInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite draw triggersInfinite Food tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Academy Manufactor+Nuka-Cola Vending Machine+Amulet of Vigor
{G}{W}
Infinite artifact tokensInfinite Clue tokensInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
Ygra, Eater of All+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Bog Initiate
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite black mana
Ghave, Guru of Spores+Ygra, Eater of All+Sam, Loyal Attendant
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggers
Hazel's Brewmaster+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Bog Initiate
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Gourmand's Talent+Basalt Monolith
{G}{W}
Infinite colorless mana
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Basalt Monolith
{R}{G}{W}
Infinite colorless mana
Ygra, Eater of All+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite black mana
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Farrelite Priest
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite white mana
Ygra, Eater of All+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Farrelite Priest
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite white mana
Hazel's Brewmaster+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Farrelite Priest
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite white mana
Hazel's Brewmaster+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite black mana
Soldevi Simulacrum+Brenard, Ginger Sculptor+Sam, Loyal Attendant
{G}{W}{U}
Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Bog Initiate
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron+Mirror Entity+Ygra, Eater of All+Sam, Loyal Attendant
{B}{R}{G}{W}
Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn
Sliver Queen+Shelob, Child of Ungoliant+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Spark Double+Heavy Arbalest
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokens
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender+Bog Initiate
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Gingerbrute+Farrelite Priest
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite white mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Tough Cookie+Soldevi Simulacrum
{G}{W}{U}
Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Vegetation Abomination+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Vegetation Abomination+Bog Initiate
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Gingerbrute+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Vegetation Abomination+Soldevi Simulacrum
{G}{W}{U}
Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Tough Cookie+Bog Initiate
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Brenard, Ginger Sculptor+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sliver Queen+Shelob, Child of Ungoliant+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Sakashima the Impostor+Heavy Arbalest
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokens
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Tough Cookie+Initiates of the Ebon Hand
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sliver Queen+Shelob, Child of Ungoliant+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Spark Double+Viridian Longbow
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokens
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender+Farrelite Priest
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite white mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Gourmand's Talent+Staff of Domination+Incubation Druid
{G}{W}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Gingerbrute+Bog Initiate
{G}{W}{U}{B}
Infinite black mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Vegetation Abomination+Farrelite Priest
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite white mana
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Gourmand's Talent+Staff of Domination+Llanowar Tribe
{G}{W}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersInfinite green manaInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Tough Cookie+Farrelite Priest
{G}{W}{U}
Infinite white mana
Sliver Queen+Shelob, Child of Ungoliant+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Sakashima of a Thousand Faces+Viridian Longbow
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokens
Sliver Queen+Shelob, Child of Ungoliant+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Sakashima the Impostor+Viridian Longbow
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokens
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Gourmand's Talent+Staff of Domination+Elvish Aberration
{G}{W}
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersInfinite green manaInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you control
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild+Magus of the Candelabra+Heartstone+Ygra, Eater of All+Sam, Loyal Attendant
{W}{B}{G}
Infinite green manaInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you controlInfinite untap of nontoken creatures you control
Sliver Queen+Shelob, Child of Ungoliant+Sam, Loyal Attendant+Sakashima of a Thousand Faces+Heavy Arbalest
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokens
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Gingerbrute+Soldevi Simulacrum
{G}{W}{U}
Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn
Sam, Loyal Attendant+Exchange of Words+Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender+Soldevi Simulacrum
{G}{W}{U}
Infinitely powerful creature until end of turn

All 46 combos.

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16

    "Partner with [name]" represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library."

  • 2023-06-16

    An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.

  • 2023-06-16

    Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

  • 2023-06-16

    If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with white, black, and/or green in their color identity, but not blue or red.

  • 2023-06-16

    Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text.

  • 2023-06-16

    Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.

  • 2023-06-16

    The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander. For more information on the Commander variant, please visit Wizards.com/Commander.

  • 2023-06-16

    The triggered ability of the "partner with" keyword still triggers in a Commander game. If your other commander has somehow ended up in your library, you can find it. You can also target another player, whether or not they have that card in their library.

  • 2023-06-16

    To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability or corresponding "partner with" abilities as the game begins. A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

  • 2024-11-08

    Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

  • 2024-11-08

    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).

  • 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.

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