Treebeard, Gracious Host
Treebeard, Gracious Host: Legendary Creature - Treefolk, Tales of Middle-earth Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}{W}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Treefolk
- Colour identity
- White and green (WG)
- Power / toughness
- 0/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC)
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Collector number
- 73
- Artist
- Campbell White
- Commander rank
- 3,553 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Food, Trample, Ward
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Treebeard, Gracious Host
Treebeard, Gracious Host is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and green legendary creature from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC), a Commander product released in June 2023. It is collector number 73 in that set, with art by Campbell White. It costs {2}{G}{W} (two generic, one white and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 0/5 creature. Its colour identity is white 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 $3.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Trample, ward {2}
When Treebeard enters, create two Food tokens.
Whenever you gain life, put that many +1/+1 counters on target Halfling or Treefolk.
"I go my own way, but your way may go along with mine for a while."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.29 (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 Treebeard, Gracious Host 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 Treebeard, Gracious Host
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #483 | Rare | 2023 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #153 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Treebeard, Gracious Host, newest first.
- 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.
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Treebeard, Gracious Host is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.