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Sam, Loyal Attendant
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant · 1GW
Color identity: Green · White · Selesnya
Sam, Loyal Attendant is Selesnya (green and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones.
Rules 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.
Reference price of the card: €0.49
Comes in the precon Food and Fellowship
Average lands in decks for Sam, Loyal Attendant: 36
LifegainTokensFood+1/+1 CountersArtifactsHalflingsLegendsSacrifice
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The list people actually play (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: D (39/100)
- Consistency82
- Speed42
- Interaction21
- Resilience72
- Closing3
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 36 lands (22 nonbasic, 4 Plains, 10 Forest)
Peregrin Took · Rosie Cotton of South Lane · Farmer Cotton · Banquet Guests · Gilded Goose · Samwise Gamgee · Academy Manufactor · Sol Ring · Feasting Hobbit · Elanor Gardner · Treebeard, Gracious Host · Tireless Provisioner · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · The Gaffer · Many Partings · Arcane Signet · Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator · Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit · Swords to Plowshares · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Revive the Shire · The Battle of Bywater · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Ninja Pizza · Path to Exile · Belladonna Took · Field-Tested Frying Pan · Meriadoc Brandybuck · Apothecary White · Astrid Peth · Idol of Oblivion · Trail of Crumbs · Bag End Banquet · The Cabbage Merchant · Prize Pig · Merry, Warden of Isengard · Unlucky Cabbage Merchant · Cultivate · Hobbit's Sting · Giant Opportunity · Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn · Doubling Season · Eastfarthing Farmer · Heroic Feast · Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles · Killer Service · Motivated Pony · Campsite Cuisine · Prosperous Innkeeper · Tippy-Toe, Terrific Partner · Heroic Intervention · Pawpatch Formation · Lembas · Parallel Lives · Bill the Pony · Feasting Troll King · Mutagen Man, Living Ooze · Tough Cookie · Welcome to Sweettooth · Second Harvest · The Notary Hobbits · Birds of Paradise · Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper · Command Tower · The Shire · Canopy Vista · Sunpetal Grove · Temple Garden · Brushland · Fortified Village · Gingerbread Cabin · Bountiful Promenade · Overgrown Farmland · Graypelt Refuge · Path of Ancestry · Scattered Groves · Sungrass Prairie · Blossoming Sands · Exotic Orchard · Hobbit Hole · Windswept Heath · Reliquary Tower · Selesnya Sanctuary · Hushwood Verge · Rogue's Passage
🃏 Recommended cards for Sam, Loyal Attendant
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Sam, Loyal Attendant, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Peregrin Took | 89% | +85% |
| Farmer Cotton | 80% | +77% |
| Banquet Guests | 79% | +77% |
| Samwise Gamgee | 79% | +77% |
| Gilded Goose | 79% | +76% |
| Rosie Cotton of South Lane | 82% | +75% |
| Academy Manufactor | 76% | +74% |
| Feasting Hobbit | 74% | +72% |
| Treebeard, Gracious Host | 72% | +71% |
| Elanor Gardner | 72% | +70% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 70% | +68% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 71% | +66% |
| The Shire | 70% | +65% |
| The Gaffer | 69% | +64% |
| Many Partings | 65% | +62% |
| Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator | 62% | +60% |
| Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit | 62% | +60% |
| Nuka-Cola Vending Machine | 61% | +59% |
| Revive the Shire | 56% | +54% |
| The Battle of Bywater | 55% | +53% |
| Ninja Pizza | 53% | +52% |
| Field-Tested Frying Pan | 49% | +48% |
| Jaheira, Friend of the Forest | 53% | +48% |
| Meriadoc Brandybuck | 48% | +47% |
💰 The best cards for your Sam, Loyal Attendant deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Peregrin Took
- Banquet Guests
- Samwise Gamgee
- Gilded Goose
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane
- Feasting Hobbit
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Farmer Cotton
- Academy Manufactor
- Treebeard, Gracious Host
- Elanor Gardner
- The Gaffer
- Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- The Cabbage Merchant
- Campsite Cuisine
- Parallel Lives
- Doubling Season
- Delighted Halfling
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with Sam, Loyal Attendant
- Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite tapped Treasure tokens
- Scurry Oak + Ivy Lane Denizen → Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale → Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Academy Manufactor + Krark-Clan Ironworks → Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact tokens, Infinite colorless mana, Infinite tapped Treasure tokens, Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite tapped Clue tokens, Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak → Infinite creature tokens, Infinite creature ETB, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Academy Manufactor + Clock of Omens → Infinite tapped Food tokens, Infinite tapped Clue tokens
👥 Community decks with Sam, Loyal Attendant
Full decklists published by players on EDH Optimizer, with their analysis, bracket and health. Clone them to your account and optimize them for free.
🎬 Videos and guides about Sam, Loyal Attendant
The written version of our videos (in Spanish): deck checks, mulligans, duels and precon upgrades.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Sam, Loyal Attendant's color identity?
Sam, Loyal Attendant is Selesnya (green and white): its deck can only run cards of those colors plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Sam, Loyal Attendant come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Sam, Loyal Attendant deck (the 99 cards most played with it, with 36 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.9 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 18 % of the time and floods 17 %. Deck health: D (39/100).
How many lands should a Sam, Loyal Attendant deck run?
Real Sam, Loyal Attendant decks run 36 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Sam, Loyal Attendant?
The three highest-synergy cards are Peregrin Took, Farmer Cotton, Banquet Guests. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Sam, Loyal Attendant decks.
What combos does Sam, Loyal Attendant have?
Sam, Loyal Attendant has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Peregrin Took + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine. Note that two-card combos raise your deck's bracket, so it is worth knowing which ones you are running before you sit down.
How much does a Sam, Loyal Attendant deck cost?
You can start cheap: Peregrin Took, Banquet Guests, Samwise Gamgee are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.