Bill the Pony
Legendary Creature — Horse
When Bill the Pony enters, create two Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice a Food: Until end of turn, target creature you control assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.
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- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #454)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2023-11-03
- Artist
- Christina Kraus
- EDHREC rank
- #8,894
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 10
All 10 combos.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane
- Stoneskin
- The Battle of Bywater
- Academy Manufactor
- Eastfarthing Farmer
- Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
- Late to Dinner
- Baldin, Century Herdmaster
- Astrid Peth
- Slagwurm Armor
- Refuse to Yield
- Eland Umbra
- Fortifying Provisions
- Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan
- Apothecary White
- Nyx-Fleece Ram
- Access Tunnel
- Indomitable Ancients
- Rasaad yn Bashir
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- Aegis of the Heavens
- Lembas
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
- Fell the Mighty
- Giant Ox
- Looming Altisaur
- Ephemerate
- Mentor of the Meek
- Dusk // Dawn
- Crested Sunmare
- Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector
- Rogue's Passage
- Hobbit's Sting
- Kami of Old Stone
- Troop of Ponies
- Cathar's Shield
- Food Coma
- Wall of Omens
- Bar the Door
- Cloudshift
- The Underworld Cookbook
- Second Breakfast
- Far Traveler
- The Gaffer
- Field-Tested Frying Pan
- Oathsworn Giant
- Bag End Banquet
- Witch's Oven
- Ghalta the Immovable
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane
- Sol Ring
- Stoneskin
- The Battle of Bywater
- Academy Manufactor
- Eastfarthing Farmer
- Swords to Plowshares
- Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
- Late to Dinner
- Rogue's Passage
- Path to Exile
- Baldin, Century Herdmaster
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
- Astrid Peth
- Slagwurm Armor
- Arcane Signet
- Refuse to Yield
- Eland Umbra
- Mentor of the Meek
- Fortifying Provisions
- Apothecary White
- Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan
- Nyx-Fleece Ram
- Access Tunnel
- Ephemerate
- Indomitable Ancients
- Rasaad yn Bashir
- Lembas
- Aegis of the Heavens
- Zetalpa, Primal Dawn
- Pearl Medallion
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Fell the Mighty
- Giant Ox
- Dusk // Dawn
- Looming Altisaur
- Cloudshift
- Generous Gift
- Wall of Omens
- Crested Sunmare
- Gilraen, Dúnedain Protector
- Troop of Ponies
- Mind Stone
- Hobbit's Sting
- The Gaffer
- Cathar's Shield
- Kami of Old Stone
- Teleportation Circle
- Food Coma
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-06-16
Bill the Pony's last ability doesn't actually change any creature's power. It changes only the amount of combat damage it assigns. All other rules and effects that check power or toughness use the real values. For example, since having two creatures fight doesn't result in combat damage, an effect that causes the affected creature to fight another creature will still use its power to determine how much damage is dealt.
- 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.