There and Snack Again by zaqmakowski

Format: Commander

Commander: Samwise Gamgee

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This Selesnya midrange deck leverages Samwise Gamgee and Halfling tribal synergies to build an engine of Food tokens and life gain. It converts everyday creature deployments into artifact tokens, which fuel card draw, +1/+1 counter growth, and historic card recursion. As the board develops, asymmetric board wipes like The Battle of Bywater clear opposing heavy threats while leaving the low-power Halflings intact. The deck finishes games by converting wide token boards and high-toughness creatures into lethal combat damage using Overwhelming Stampede, Treebeard, Gracious Host, and Motivated Pony. Robust protection spells safeguard the board against removal.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Manufactor
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bag End Banquet
  • 1 Banquet Guests
  • 1 Barrow-Blade
  • 1 Belladonna Took
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
  • 1 Bill the Pony
  • 1 Boromir, Warden of the Tower
  • 1 Brandywine Farmer
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dusk // Dawn
  • 1 Eastfarthing Farmer
  • 1 Elanor Gardner
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Ent-Draught Basin
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fae Offering
  • 1 Farmer Cotton
  • 1 Feasting Hobbit
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Field-Tested Frying Pan
  • 1 Flowering of the White Tree
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Fortified Village
  • 1 Frodo Baggins
  • 1 Frodo, Determined Hero
  • 1 Gilded Goose
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Heaped Harvest
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hobbit Hole
  • 1 Lembas
  • 1 Many Partings
  • 1 Meriadoc Brandybuck
  • 1 Merry, Warden of Isengard
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Motivated Pony
  • 1 Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrin Took
  • 13 Plains
  • 1 Prosperous Innkeeper
  • 1 Reprieve
  • 1 Revive the Shire
  • 1 Rosie Cotton of South Lane
  • 1 Sam, Loyal Attendant
  • 1 Samwise Gamgee
  • 1 Samwise the Stouthearted
  • 1 Saradoc, Master of Buckland
  • 1 Second Harvest
  • 1 Shire Shirriff
  • 1 Shortcut to Mushrooms
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Battle of Bywater
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Notary Hobbits
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Ring Goes South
  • 1 The Shire
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Treebeard, Gracious Host
  • 1 War of the Last Alliance
  • 1 Wose Pathfinder