Food (G/Dr)ain by trushi

Format: Commander

Commander: Sam, Loyal Attendant and Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This Abzan deck leverages partner commanders Sam, Loyal Attendant and Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit to drive a resilient Food and lifegain aristocrats engine. Early turns establish mana acceleration and deploy both commanders on curve. Sam guarantees a Food token every combat and reduces activation costs to {1}, reliably enabling Frodo's attack trigger to advance Ring temptation and draw extra cards each turn cycle. Mid-game turns scale board presence using token multipliers like Academy Manufactor and Peregrin Took. The deck converts these tokens into lethal pressure using aristocrat drainers such as Mirkwood Bats, Nadier's Nightblade, Agent of the Iron Throne, and Marionette Apprentice, or via the infinite combo of Exquisite Blood with Sanguine Bond or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. High-quality removal and asymmetric board wipes keep opposing threats in check while the engine steadily grinds out table-wide victory.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Agent of the Iron Throne
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
  • 1 Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Cauldron Familiar
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elanor Gardner
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field-Tested Frying Pan
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
  • 1 Frodo, Sauron's Bane
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
  • 1 Grand Coliseum
  • 1 Gyome, Master Chef
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Inside Information
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Meriadoc Brandybuck
  • 1 Minas Tirith
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Murmuring Bosk
  • 1 My Precious // Allure of Power
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 3 Plains
  • 1 Prize Pig
  • 1 Rapacious Guest
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Sandsteppe Citadel
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Shineshadow Snarl
  • 1 Shire Shirriff
  • 1 Sméagol, Helpful Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Witch of the Moors
  • 1 Witch-king of Angmar
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery