Overview:
A Food-focused lifegain strategy helmed by Sam, Loyal Attendant and Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit, leveraging Food tokens for both value and combat advantages while building toward powerful lifegain payoffs.
Primer:
The deck aims to generate Food tokens through Sam and various other sources, using them both for lifegain and as sacrifice fodder. The primary gameplan involves establishing a steady stream of Food tokens while building board presence through creatures that benefit from lifegain. Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit provides card advantage when conditions are met, while various payoffs like Sanguine Bond and Well of Lost Dreams convert lifegain into other resources. The deck can win through combat damage with buffed creatures or through draining opponents with lifegain triggers.
Weaknesses:
The deck is vulnerable to graveyard hate and artifact removal, which can disrupt Food token strategies. The strategy requires multiple pieces to function optimally and can struggle against faster, more aggressive decks. The deck also relies heavily on its commanders for consistent Food generation and value.
Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:
- Sanguine Bond
- Well of Lost Dreams
- Treebeard, Gracious Host
- Dawn of Hope
- Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
- Trading Post
- Savvy Hunter
- The Gaffer
- Tireless Provisioner
- Prosperous Innkeeper
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 4/10
- Resilience: 5/10
- Consistency: 6/10
- Interaction: 5/10
Rating Justification:
This deck operates at a casual-focused level, with a clear gameplan but requiring setup time to establish its engine. While it includes some powerful synergies and interaction pieces, it lacks the explosive speed and consistency of higher-powered decks. The deck performs better than basic precons due to its focused strategy and synergistic card choices, but would struggle against optimized decks that can win before it establishes its engine. The combination of Food tokens and lifegain provides good value but operates at a deliberately slower pace.
Final power level rating: 4.5 - 5.0
Sam, Loyal Attendant & Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit