Sam, Loyal Attendant

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Sam, Loyal Attendant: Legendary Creature - Halfling Peasant, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Creature - Halfling Peasant
Colour identity
White and green (WG)
Power / toughness
2/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
7
Artist
Campbell White
Commander rank
6,555 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Partner with, Food, Partner
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Sam, Loyal Attendant

Sam, Loyal Attendant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and green legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 7 in that set, with art by Campbell White. It costs {1}{G}{W} (one generic, one white and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. 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 $0.83 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).

Card text

Partner with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit (When this creature enters, target player may put Frodo into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)

At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Activated abilities of Foods you control cost {1} less to activate.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.83 (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 Sam, Loyal Attendant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Sam, Loyal Attendant

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

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #476Mythic2023
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #90Mythic2023

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Sam, Loyal Attendant, newest first.

  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
  • 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 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.
  • An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
  • 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.
  • Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.
  • The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander. For more information on the Commander variant, please visit Wizards.com/Commander.

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