Meriadoc Brandybuck
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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.")
What it does
Tagged as Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- 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. (2023-06-16)
- Halflings attacking a planeswalker or battle won't cause Meriadoc Brandybuck's ability to trigger. (2023-06-16)
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type. (2024-11-08)
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards. (2024-11-08)
- 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)
Printings & prices
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