Just friends Frodo and Sam by user1886236

Format: Commander

Commander: Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 24

Deck overview

This Abzan deck centers on the partner pairing of Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant. The core engine operates smoothly: Sam generates a Food token each combat and reduces Food activation costs, while Frodo attacks to advance the Ring tempt mechanic and draw cards whenever life is gained. The deck leverages steady card advantage, life buffer accumulation, and token generation to outlast opponents in the midgame. It closes games by pivoting into aristocrat drain effects via Mirkwood Bats and The Sackville-Bagginses, mass reanimation with Lich-Knights' Conquest, or wide token beatdown with Sapling Nursery and Doran, Besieged by Time. Because the list relies on natural draws to find its finishers and features minimal stack interaction, it thrives in casual and midrange environments where it can grind incremental resource advantages over extended turn cycles.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Bilbo's Deadly Slice
  • 1 Bombadil's Song
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Brandywine Farmer
  • 1 Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper
  • 1 Cirith Ungol Patrol
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Denethor, Ruling Steward
  • 1 Doran, Besieged by Time
  • 1 Dunland Crebain
  • 1 Dúnedain Rangers
  • 1 Elanor Gardner
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Faramir, Field Commander
  • 1 Fomori Vault
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Fountainport
  • 1 Frodo Baggins
  • 1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
  • 1 Frodo, Sauron's Bane
  • 1 Generous Ent
  • 1 Gollum the Abandoned
  • 1 Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
  • 1 Gorbag of Minas Morgul
  • 1 Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Hot Dog Cart
  • 1 Hushwood Verge
  • 1 Inherited Envelope
  • 1 Jayemdae Tome
  • 1 Key to the Side-Door
  • 1 Leaf Gilder
  • 1 Lembas
  • 1 Leyline of Hope
  • 1 Lich-Knights' Conquest
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Geode
  • 1 Many Partings
  • 1 March from the Black Gate
  • 1 Mind's Eye
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mirrormind Crown
  • 1 Murmuring Volume
  • 1 Nightshade Dryad
  • 1 Oath of the Grey Host
  • 1 Opaline Unicorn
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Part in Friendship
  • 8 Plains
  • 1 Quarrel
  • 1 Requiem Monolith
  • 1 Restless Cottage
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
  • 1 Sapling Nursery
  • 1 Slip On the Ring
  • 1 Sting, Bilbo's Sword
  • 1 Stone by Sunlight
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Great Mound
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Thorin's Last Stand
  • 1 Titan's Grave
  • 1 Trading Post
  • 1 Treefolk Umbra
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vibranium Strike Gauntlets
  • 1 Warden of the Woods
  • 1 Wizard's Rockets
  • 1 Zero Point Ballad