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The Gaffer
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MTGO 2.29 tix

The Gaffer

{2}{W}

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 #15)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
3
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Chuck Lukacs
EDHREC rank
#1,676
Colour identity
{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 0.20
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.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Soul's Attendant 83 %+68.4 %
  2. Soul Warden 89 %+67.5 %
  3. Cleric Class 74 %+66.6 %
  4. Shattered Angel 71 %+66.4 %
  5. Revitalize 61 %+58.2 %
  6. Auriok Champion 62 %+56.8 %
  7. Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles 57 %+55.4 %
  8. Crested Sunmare 58 %+55.0 %
  9. Radiant Fountain 60 %+54.9 %
  10. Sunscorch Regent 58 %+54.4 %
  11. Rhox Faithmender 55 %+51.8 %
  12. Authority of the Consuls 72 %+50.0 %
  13. Angelic Accord 58 %+49.6 %
  14. Aetherflux Reservoir 58 %+49.6 %
  15. Haliya, Guided by Light 59 %+48.2 %
  16. Alhammarret's Archive 52 %+47.8 %
  17. Angel of Vitality 59 %+46.5 %
  18. Griffin Aerie 49 %+46.0 %
  19. Riot Control 48 %+45.5 %
  20. Exemplar of Light 59 %+44.3 %
  21. Felidar Sovereign 48 %+42.5 %
  22. Invoke the Divine 45 %+42.3 %
  23. Valkyrie Harbinger 52 %+41.0 %
  24. Well of Lost Dreams 48 %+40.2 %
  25. Leyline of Hope 43 %+39.5 %
  26. Light of Hope 39 %+38.2 %
  27. The Wind Crystal 59 %+38.1 %
  28. Knight of Dawn's Light 38 %+37.4 %
  29. Test of Endurance 42 %+37.3 %
  30. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 48 %+37.3 %
  31. Peace of Mind 38 %+37.0 %
  32. Resplendent Angel 50 %+36.5 %
  33. Pristine Talisman 40 %+35.0 %
  34. Voice of the Blessed 39 %+34.8 %
  35. Kabira Crossroads 38 %+34.7 %
  36. Sanctify 36 %+34.3 %
  37. Fumigate 41 %+33.2 %
  38. Suture Priest 45 %+32.2 %
  39. Lembas 34 %+32.1 %
  40. The Battle of Bywater 35 %+31.9 %
  41. Heliod, Sun-Crowned 41 %+31.8 %
  42. Serra Ascendant 43 %+31.2 %
  43. Leonin Elder 32 %+31.0 %
  44. Celestial Force 30 %+29.9 %
  45. Approach of the Second Sun 34 %+29.8 %
  46. Reliquary Tower 53 %+29.7 %
  47. Cosmos Elixir 34 %+29.3 %
  48. Blind Obedience 39 %+28.9 %
  49. Adventurer's Inn 33 %+28.9 %
  50. Union of the Third Path 29 %+28.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Plains 92 %-2.2 %
  2. Soul Warden 89 %+67.5 %
  3. Swords to Plowshares 84 %+8.9 %
  4. Soul's Attendant 83 %+68.4 %
  5. Sol Ring 81 %-1.9 %
  6. Cleric Class 74 %+66.6 %
  7. Authority of the Consuls 72 %+50.0 %
  8. Pearl Medallion 71 %+10.5 %
  9. Shattered Angel 71 %+66.4 %
  10. Path to Exile 70 %+2.8 %
  11. Auriok Champion 62 %+56.8 %
  12. Revitalize 61 %+58.2 %
  13. Radiant Fountain 60 %+54.9 %
  14. Arcane Signet 60 %+2.5 %
  15. The Wind Crystal 59 %+38.1 %
  16. Angel of Vitality 59 %+46.5 %
  17. Exemplar of Light 59 %+44.3 %
  18. Haliya, Guided by Light 59 %+48.2 %
  19. Aetherflux Reservoir 58 %+49.6 %
  20. Angelic Accord 58 %+49.6 %
  21. Sunscorch Regent 58 %+54.4 %
  22. Crested Sunmare 58 %+55.0 %
  23. Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles 57 %+55.4 %
  24. Rhox Faithmender 55 %+51.8 %
  25. Reliquary Tower 53 %+29.7 %
  26. Valkyrie Harbinger 52 %+41.0 %
  27. Alhammarret's Archive 52 %+47.8 %
  28. Generous Gift 51 %+10.1 %
  29. Resplendent Angel 50 %+36.5 %
  30. Griffin Aerie 49 %+46.0 %
  31. Riot Control 48 %+45.5 %
  32. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 48 %+37.3 %
  33. Felidar Sovereign 48 %+42.5 %
  34. Well of Lost Dreams 48 %+40.2 %
  35. Invoke the Divine 45 %+42.3 %
  36. Suture Priest 45 %+32.2 %
  37. Thought Vessel 44 %+27.4 %
  38. Leyline of Hope 43 %+39.5 %
  39. Serra Ascendant 43 %+31.2 %
  40. Emeria, the Sky Ruin 43 %+3.7 %
  41. Reprieve 43 %+19.1 %
  42. Test of Endurance 42 %+37.3 %
  43. Archangel of Thune 41 %+27.1 %
  44. Heliod, Sun-Crowned 41 %+31.8 %
  45. Knight of the White Orchid 41 %+15.5 %
  46. Fumigate 41 %+33.2 %
  47. Pristine Talisman 40 %+35.0 %
  48. Light of Hope 39 %+38.2 %
  49. Voice of the Blessed 39 %+34.8 %
  50. Blind Obedience 39 %+28.9 %

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 printingsScryfall ↗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.

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