Frodo and Sam by user2753466

Format: Commander

Commander: Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This Abzan deck is an engine-driven Food and Aristocrats midrange strategy led by Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant. The game plan revolves around deploying low-cost mana dorks to cast both commanders on curve, establishing a reliable engine that produces Food tokens and triggers the Ring to draw cards each turn. As the game develops, token multipliers like Academy Manufactor, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, and Peregrin Took convert Food generation into explosive mana and card advantages. The deck leverages life gain to fuel engines like Bolas's Citadel and Sylvan Library while insulating against aggressive pressure. Victory is achieved either by assembling the two-card infinite combo of Rosie Cotton of South Lane and Scurry Oak to create infinite Squirrel tokens, or by draining the table through mass token creation and sacrifices with Mirkwood Bats, Marionette Apprentice, and Marionette Master. Robust instant-speed removal and asymmetric sweepers provide strong interaction throughout.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bolas's Citadel
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Call of the Ring
  • 1 Cauldron Familiar
  • 1 Chatterfang, Squirrel General
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Despark
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experimental Confectioner
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
  • 1 Galadriel's Dismissal
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Gleaming Splendor
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Indatha Triome
  • 1 Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marionette Apprentice
  • 1 Marionette Master
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mirkwood Bats
  • 1 Mortify
  • 1 Nadier's Nightblade
  • 1 Ninja Pizza
  • 1 Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 1 Pippin, Warden of Isengard
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Prize Pig
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Scurry Oak
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The Cabbage Merchant
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Sackville-Bagginses
  • 1 Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Warren Soultrader
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth