Frodo and Sam MEE by zyrzyxen

Format: Commander

Commander: Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Abzan Food deck pairs Sam, Loyal Attendant's free Food each combat with Frodo's attack-trigger card draw and Ring tempts. The primary plan is to convert Food and token generation into life, mana, and drain: Mirkwood Bats and Sanguine Bond turn every token and life-gain event into damage, while Gandalf the White doubles artifact and legendary triggers. Secondary paths are a wide Halfling combat swing with Pippin, Warden of Isengard's +3/+3 haste and Anduril, or commander damage from an unblockable, equipped Frodo. Merry and Pippin, Warden of Isengard act as a hidden partner pair in the 99, generating Soldiers and a finisher pump. The deck is a midrange value engine that wins through a token burst or incremental drain.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Access Tunnel
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Andúril, Narsil Reforged
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo's Ring
  • 1 Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Castle Ardenvale
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Dragon-Cursed Halls
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Field-Tested Frying Pan
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gandalf the White
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Homeward Path
  • 1 Horizon Canopy
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kor Haven
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mentor of the Meek
  • 1 Merry, Warden of Isengard
  • 1 Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pippin, Warden of Isengard
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapacious Guest
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The Black Gate
  • 1 The Eagles Are Coming!
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Urborg
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth