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Meriadoc Brandybuck
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
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Set: The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 177
Oracle Text
Whenever one or more Halflings you control attack a player, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
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Card Rulings
- November 8, 2024
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
Source: wotc - November 8, 2024
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.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability has you create just one Food token per player you attack with a Halfling, no matter how many Halflings you attack them with beyond the first.
Source: wotc - June 16, 2023
Halflings attacking a planeswalker or battle won't cause Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability to trigger.
Source: wotc
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