Elanor Gardner
Elanor Gardner: Legendary Creature - Halfling Scout, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. When Elanor enters, create a Food token. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Halfling Scout
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 286
- Artist
- Torgeir Fjereide
- Commander rank
- 3,640 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Food
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Elanor Gardner
Elanor Gardner is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare 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 286 in that set, with art by Torgeir Fjereide. It costs {3}{G} (three generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. 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 $4.08 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When Elanor enters, create a Food token.
At the beginning of your end step, if you sacrificed a Food this turn, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Her father Samwise gave her the Red Book for safekeeping before he sailed into the West.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.08 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Elanor Gardner by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Elanor Gardner
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #387 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Elanor Gardner, newest first.
- If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature - Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).
- 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.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
- Elanor Gardner's last ability will trigger only once during your end step, no matter how many Foods you sacrificed this turn. However, if you haven't sacrificed any Foods this turn as your end step begins, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to sacrifice a Food during the end step in time to have the ability trigger.
- Elanor Gardner doesn't need to have been on the battlefield when you sacrificed a Food this turn. For example, if you sacrifice a Food during your first main phase and you cast Elanor Gardner during your second main phase, its last ability will trigger at the beginning of your end step.
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