Pippin, Warden of Isengard
Pippin, Warden of Isengard: Legendary Creature - Halfling Advisor, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Halfling Advisor
- Colour identity
- Black and green (BG)
- Power / toughness
- 2/2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 65
- Artist
- Viko Menezes
- Commander rank
- 4,270 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Partner with, Food, Partner
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Pippin, Warden of Isengard
Pippin, Warden of Isengard is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black and green legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 65 in that set, with art by Viko Menezes. It costs {B}{G} (one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is black and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Tales of Middle-earth Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.78 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Partner with Merry, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Merry into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
{1}, {T}: Create a Food token.
{T}, Sacrifice four Foods: Other creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.78 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Pippin, Warden of Isengard by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Pippin, Warden of Isengard
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #472 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #146 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Pippin, Warden of Isengard, 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).
- 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.
- If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with white, black, and/or green in their color identity, but not blue or red.
- To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability or corresponding "partner with" abilities as the game begins. A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.
- Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
- An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
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