Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper

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Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper: Legendary Creature - Human Peasant, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}{W}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Peasant
Colour identity
White and green (WG)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
197
Artist
Ryan Yee
Commander rank
12,680 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Food
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper

Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon white and green legendary creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 197 in that set, with art by Ryan Yee. It costs {2}{G}{W} (two generic, one white and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

At the beginning of your end step, if you don't control a Food, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

"I hope you'll be comfortable. You'll be wanting supper, I don't doubt. As soon as may be. This way now!"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #648Uncommon2023

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper, newest first.

  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
  • Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
  • Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper's ability checks if you control a Food at the beginning of your end step. If you do, the ability won't trigger.
  • If the ability does trigger, but you control a Food when it tries to resolve, the ability will do nothing. No Food will be created.

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