Pippin, Warden of Isengard

Mana Value

2

Rarity

rare

Pippin, Warden of Isengard

Legendary Creature — Halfling Advisor

{B}{G}
Color Identity: B G

Card Text

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.

Power/Toughness: 2/2

Keywords

Partner with Food Partner

Set

Tales of Middle-earth Commander

(LTC)

EDHREC Rank

#4,128

Commander Legal

✓ Can be your Commander

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).

Wotc — November 08, 2024

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

Wotc — November 08, 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.

Wotc — November 08, 2024

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

Wotc — November 08, 2024

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

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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.

Wotc — June 16, 2023

"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."

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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.

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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.

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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.

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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.

Wotc — June 16, 2023

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.

Wotc — June 16, 2023