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The Cabbage Merchant
Legendary Creature — Human Citizen · 2G
Color identity: Green
The Cabbage Merchant is green: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, sacrifice a Food token.
Tap two untapped Foods you control: Add one mana of any color.
Reference price of the card: €25.79
Average lands in decks for The Cabbage Merchant: 34
TokensFoodArtifactsComboLifegainRampMidrange+1/+1 Counters
Build your The Cabbage Merchant deck step by step, with in-depth analysis and AI optimization of your list.
🛠️ Build a deck for The Cabbage Merchant 📥 Analyze my deck🎲 How the average The Cabbage Merchant deck starts over 4,000 games
The list people actually play per EDHREC (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: C+ (58/100)
- Consistency57
- Speed61
- Interaction30
- Resilience83
- Closing63
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 34 lands (15 nonbasic, 19 Forest)
Peregrin Took · Academy Manufactor · Gilded Goose · Sol Ring · Jaheira, Friend of the Forest · Nuka-Cola Vending Machine · Night of the Sweets' Revenge · Second Harvest · Tireless Provisioner · Beast Within · Trail of Crumbs · Displaced Dinosaurs · Heroic Intervention · Unlucky Cabbage Merchant · Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator · Sarinth Steelseeker · Many Partings · Feasting Troll King · Idol of Oblivion · Feasting Hobbit · Elanor Gardner · Bag End Banquet · Llanowar Elves · Quina, Qu Gourmet · Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender · Honored Dreyleader · Revive the Shire · Stridehangar Automaton · Killer Service · Teething Wurmlet · Bristlebud Farmer · Elvish Mystic · Parallel Lives · Tough Cookie · Emerald Medallion · Birds of Paradise · Fangren Marauder · Krark-Clan Ironworks · Transmutation Font · Bumi's Feast Lecture · Inspiring Statuary · Doubling Season · Pawpatch Formation · Giant Opportunity · Gourmand's Talent · Ninja Pizza · Archdruid's Charm · Delighted Halfling · Finale of Devastation · Heaped Harvest · Nature's Claim · Arcane Signet · Fog · Bosco, Just a Bear · Wild Growth · Rampage of the Clans · Worldly Tutor · Cultivate · Obscuring Haze · Clock of Omens · Eternal Witness · Harmonize · Seedborn Muse · Campsite Cuisine · Krosan Grip · The Shire · Gingerbread Cabin · Boseiju, Who Endures · Inventors' Fair · War Room · Fomori Vault · Shifting Woodland · Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth · Fountainport · Reliquary Tower · Urza's Saga · Ancient Tomb · Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx · Emergence Zone · Talon Gates of Madara
🃏 Recommended cards for The Cabbage Merchant
The highest-synergy cards in decks for The Cabbage Merchant, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Peregrin Took | 96% | +92% |
| Academy Manufactor | 93% | +91% |
| Gilded Goose | 88% | +85% |
| Nuka-Cola Vending Machine | 80% | +78% |
| Night of the Sweets' Revenge | 78% | +76% |
| Jaheira, Friend of the Forest | 81% | +76% |
| Trail of Crumbs | 66% | +65% |
| Second Harvest | 70% | +63% |
| Displaced Dinosaurs | 63% | +62% |
| The Shire | 65% | +61% |
| Unlucky Cabbage Merchant | 62% | +60% |
| Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator | 61% | +59% |
| Sarinth Steelseeker | 60% | +59% |
| Many Partings | 59% | +57% |
| Feasting Troll King | 58% | +57% |
| Feasting Hobbit | 57% | +56% |
| Elanor Gardner | 56% | +55% |
| Idol of Oblivion | 58% | +54% |
| Gingerbread Cabin | 57% | +54% |
| Tireless Provisioner | 69% | +53% |
| Bag End Banquet | 54% | +52% |
| Quina, Qu Gourmet | 53% | +52% |
| Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender | 52% | +51% |
| Stridehangar Automaton | 51% | +50% |
💰 The best cards for your The Cabbage Merchant 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
- Gilded Goose
- Night of the Sweets' Revenge
- Trail of Crumbs
- Second Harvest
- The Shire
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Academy Manufactor
- Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
- Displaced Dinosaurs
- Elanor Gardner
- Tireless Provisioner
- Bag End Banquet
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
- Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
- Parallel Lives
- Inventors' Fair
- Campsite Cuisine
- Doubling Season
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
♾️ Known combos with The Cabbage Merchant
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner → Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite tapped land tokens
- 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
- Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Quirion Ranger → Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite storm count
- Sensei's Divining Top + Glaring Fleshraker + Mystic Forge → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite storm count, Near-infinite damage, Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB, Near-infinite death triggers, Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
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Frequently asked questions
What is The Cabbage Merchant's color identity?
The Cabbage Merchant is green: its deck can only run cards of that color 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 The Cabbage Merchant come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average The Cabbage Merchant deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 34 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 2.6 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 7 % of the time and floods 28 %. Deck health: C+ (58/100).
How many lands should a The Cabbage Merchant deck run?
Real The Cabbage Merchant decks run 34 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 The Cabbage Merchant?
The three highest-synergy cards are Peregrin Took, Academy Manufactor, Gilded Goose. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in The Cabbage Merchant decks.
What combos does The Cabbage Merchant have?
The Cabbage Merchant has 6 known combos. The most popular one is Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner. 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 The Cabbage Merchant deck cost?
You can start cheap: Peregrin Took, Gilded Goose, Night of the Sweets' Revenge 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.