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Pippin, Warden of Isengard

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Pippin, Warden of Isengard, Tales of Middle-earth Commander printing
Tales of Middle-earth Commander LTC · No. 472 2023-11-03

Card text

{B}{G}
Legendary Creature — Halfling Advisor
Partner with Merry, Warden of Isengard (When this creature enters, target player may put Merry into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) {1}, {T}: Create a Food token. {T}, Sacrifice four Foods: Other creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain haste until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
2 / 2
Keywords: Partner with, Food, Partner
EDHREC rank #4350 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 3 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

13 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with white, black, and/or green in their color identity, but not blue or red.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability or corresponding "partner with" abilities as the game begins. A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander. For more information on the Commander variant, please visit Wizards.com/Commander.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

"Partner with [name]" represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library."

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

The triggered ability of the "partner with" keyword still triggers in a Commander game. If your other commander has somehow ended up in your library, you can find it. You can also target another player, whether or not they have that card in their library.

2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast

If an effect refers to a Food, it means any Food artifact, not just a Food artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Tough Cookie (an Artifact Creature — Food Golem) to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability (an ability with "Sacrifice a Food" in its cost).

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Pippin, Warden of Isengard, Tales of Middle-earth Commander printing
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
LTC · #472
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