The Gaffer
The Gaffer: Legendary Creature - Halfling Peasant, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Halfling Peasant
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 12
- Artist
- Tomas Duchek
- Commander rank
- 1,701 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Gaffer
The Gaffer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 12 in that set, with art by Tomas Duchek. It costs {2}{W} (two generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023) to The Hobbit Eternal (2026). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $8.69 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
On the growing of vegetables, especially potatoes, Master Hamfast Gamgee was recognized as the leading authority by all in the neighborhood.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $8.69 (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 The Gaffer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of The Gaffer
The Gaffer has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #15 | Mythic | 2026 |
| The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #55 | Mythic | 2026 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #414 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #96 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to The Gaffer, newest first.
- The Gaffer's ability looks at how much life you've gained in the turn, even if it wasn't on the battlefield when you gained life. It doesn't care if you also lost life, even if you lost more life than you gained.
- You draw just one card, no matter how much life you've gained past 3 life.
- If you haven't gained 3 or more life by the time an end step begins, The Gaffer's ability won't trigger at all.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
The Gaffer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.