Samwise Gamgee

Samwise Gamgee

Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant

Mana cost: {G}{W}

How we read this card

Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token.

triggered — makes a token

Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand.

activated Sacrifice three Foods —

activated Sacrifice three Foods — brings a card back

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: create a Food artifact token, put a Food artifact token onto the battlefield, sacrifice a Food, a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a nontoken creature enters the battlefield, a Food to sacrifice, a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Food is sacrificed — 58 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When a Food is sacrificed thanks to Samwise Gamgee:

  1. Rapacious Guest — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of quest counters on ~
  3. Experimental Confectioner — makes a token
  4. Camellia, the Seedmiser — makes a token
  5. Unlucky Cabbage Merchant — searches a library
  6. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine — makes a token
  7. Trail of Crumbs — searches a library

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 58 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

  1. Ygra, Eater of All — When a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Samwise Gamgee, Ygra, Eater of All puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When Samwise Gamgee leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a Food is sacrificed thanks to Samwise Gamgee, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When a Food enters thanks to Samwise Gamgee:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When Samwise Gamgee makes a Food token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Avacyn's Memorial — Avacyn's Memorial gives Samwise Gamgee indestructible

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When a Food enters thanks to Samwise Gamgee:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

59 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back
  2. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Wayward Angel — Samwise Gamgee fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Victimize — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  6. Bound // Determined — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back
  7. Enlightened Confidant — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  8. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  9. Aerith, Last Ancient — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Aerith, Last Ancient can bring back
  10. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  11. Nature's Wrath — Nature's Wrath puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  12. Liliana the Faultless — Liliana the Faultless puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  13. Contested Game Ball — Contested Game Ball puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  14. Hazoret's Monument — Hazoret's Monument puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  15. Arm-Mounted Anchor — Arm-Mounted Anchor puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  16. Mask of Memory — Mask of Memory puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  17. Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress — Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  18. Skeleton Key — Skeleton Key puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  19. Zephyr Boots — Zephyr Boots puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  20. Experimental Lab // Staff Room — Experimental Lab // Staff Room puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back

764 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

  1. Measure of Wickedness — When a Food hits the graveyard thanks to Samwise Gamgee, Measure of Wickedness gives an opponent control of itself

10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When Samwise Gamgee attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader — puts a counter on a permanent

135 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When Samwise Gamgee is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Bloodbond March — brings a card back

89 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a nontoken creature onto the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Eldrazi Mimic — When Eldrazi Mimic enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  2. Herd Gnarr — When Herd Gnarr enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  3. Crossroads Watcher — When Crossroads Watcher enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  4. Griffin Protector — When Griffin Protector enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  5. Kinsbaile Aspirant — When Kinsbaile Aspirant enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  6. Loporrit Scout — When Loporrit Scout enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  7. Neighborhood Guardian — When Neighborhood Guardian enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  8. Territorial Boar — When Territorial Boar enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  9. Portcullis — When a creature enters thanks to Portcullis, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
  10. Airbender Ascension — When a creature enters thanks to Airbender Ascension, Samwise Gamgee makes a token

18,438 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it boosts — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Fecund Greenshell — Fecund Greenshell gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  2. Leyline of Vitality — Leyline of Vitality gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  3. Sylvan Anthem — Sylvan Anthem gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — Vanquisher's Banner gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  5. Amazing Alliance — Amazing Alliance gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  6. Path of Bravery — Path of Bravery gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  7. Beastmaster Ascension — Beastmaster Ascension gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  8. Paladin Class — Paladin Class gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  9. Boon of the Spirit Realm — Boon of the Spirit Realm gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats
  10. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite — Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite gives Samwise Gamgee bigger stats

19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants abilities to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Garruk's Uprising — Garruk's Uprising gives Samwise Gamgee trample
  2. Resplendent Mentor — Resplendent Mentor gives Samwise Gamgee an extra ability
  3. Roughshod Mentor — Roughshod Mentor gives Samwise Gamgee trample
  4. Skyhunter Strike Force — Skyhunter Strike Force gives Samwise Gamgee melee
  5. Spike-Tailed Ceratops — Spike-Tailed Ceratops gives Samwise Gamgee an extra ability
  6. Sublime Archangel — Sublime Archangel gives Samwise Gamgee exalted
  7. Gate Hound — Gate Hound gives Samwise Gamgee vigilance
  8. Bedrock Tortoise — Bedrock Tortoise gives Samwise Gamgee hexproof
  9. Bellowing Tanglewurm — Bellowing Tanglewurm gives Samwise Gamgee intimidate
  10. Brawn — Brawn gives Samwise Gamgee trample

19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies untap to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Quest for Renewal — Quest for Renewal gives Samwise Gamgee an extra untap
  2. Dazzling Theater // Prop Room — Dazzling Theater // Prop Room gives Samwise Gamgee an extra untap

19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies speed increase to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir — Thousand-Year Elixir gives Samwise Gamgee haste
  2. Akroma's Memorial — Akroma's Memorial gives Samwise Gamgee haste
  3. Vivien, Champion of the Wilds — Vivien, Champion of the Wilds gives Samwise Gamgee haste
  4. True Conviction — True Conviction gives Samwise Gamgee haste

19,388 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies extra combat to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Swinging Ship — Swinging Ship gives Samwise Gamgee its extra combat

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants types to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Amorphous Axe — Amorphous Axe gives Samwise Gamgee an extra creature type
  2. Runed Stalactite — Runed Stalactite gives Samwise Gamgee an extra creature type
  3. Silverskin Armor — Silverskin Armor gives Samwise Gamgee an extra creature type

19,389 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies animate to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Spark Rupture — Spark Rupture gives Samwise Gamgee life as a creature

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Samwise Gamgee is one).

When Samwise Gamgee enters, Enduring:

  1. Enduring Innocence — Innocence draws you 1 card
  2. Enduring Courage — Courage gives +2/+0

379 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.