Samwise Gamgee
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant2/2$1.18
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Legal in Commander
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Combos 22
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Viscera Seer
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Carrion Feeder
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Warren Soultrader + Cauldron Familiar
- Infinite artifact tokens
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite Treasure tokens
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Your life total is at least 2. You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, creating a Treasure token. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters, it and Samwise trigger. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Ashnod's Altar
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Bartolomé del Presidio
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite surveil
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Altar of Dementia
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifeloss
- Infinite mill
- Infinite self-mill
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Goblin Bombardment
- Infinite damage
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Cauldron Familiar + Woe Strider
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifeloss
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You control a Food token.
Steps
Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar. Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. When Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, it and Samwise triggers. Resolve the Cauldron Familiar trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain one life. Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food token. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Terra, Magical Adept // Esper TerraTerra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra fills your graveyard, which Samwise Gamgee can use because it returns permanents from your graveyard.
- Queen Allenal of RuadachQueen Allenal of Ruadach is a Legendary permanent, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Emiel the BlessedEmiel the Blessed is a Legendary permanent, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Kellan, Daring Traveler // Journey OnKellan, Daring Traveler // Journey On fills your graveyard, which Samwise Gamgee can use because it returns permanents from your graveyard.
- Sam, Loyal AttendantSam, Loyal Attendant is a Legendary permanent, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Sophia, Dogged DetectiveSophia, Dogged Detective is a Legendary permanent, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Alistair, the BrigadierAlistair, the Brigadier is a Legendary permanent, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Urtet, Remnant of MemnarchUrtet, Remnant of Memnarch is an Artifact, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Dyadrine, Synthesis AmalgamDyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam is an Artifact, which Samwise Gamgee can use.
- Karn, Gilded GuardianKarn, Gilded Guardian is an Artifact, which Samwise Gamgee can use.