Sam, Loyal Attendant

Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant · from $0.50

Partner with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit (When this creature enters, target player may put Frodo into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.") Activated abilities of Foods you control cost {1} less to activate.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

55 of 100 at $5 or less · 35 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swords to Plowshares	Instant	1	$0.98
7	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
8	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
9	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
10	Path to Exile	Instant	1	$0.71
11	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
12	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
13	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
14	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
15	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
16	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
17	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
18	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
19	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
20	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
21	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
22	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
23	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
24	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
25	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
26	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
27	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
28	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
29	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
30	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
31	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
32	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
33	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
34	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
35	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
36	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
37	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
38	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
39	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
40	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
41	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
42	Generous Gift	Instant	3	$0.93
43	Smothering Tithe	Enchantment	4	$56.09
44	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
45	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
46	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
47	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
48	Esper Sentinel	Creature	1	$58.03
49	Temple Garden	Land	0	$6.57
50	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
51	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
52	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
53	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
54	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
55	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
56	Canopy Vista	Land	0	$0.22
57	Teferi's Protection	Instant	3	$34.90
58	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
59	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
60	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
61	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
62	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
63	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
64	Enlightened Tutor	Instant	1	$21.99
65	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
66	Sunpetal Grove	Land	0	$0.28
67	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
68	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
69	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
70	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
71	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
72	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
73	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
74	Ghostly Prison	Enchantment	3	$5.72
75	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
76	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
77	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
78	Austere Command	Sorcery	6	$0.33
79	Flawless Maneuver	Instant	3	$9.24
80	Farewell	Sorcery	6	$4.44
81	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
82	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
83	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
84	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
85	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
86	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
87	Akroma's Will	Instant	4	$16.21
88	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
89	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
90	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
91	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
92	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
93	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
94	Stroke of Midnight	Instant	3	$0.20
95	Patchwork Banner	Artifact	3	$1.52
96	Mox Amber	Artifact	0	$86.45
97	Karn's Bastion	Land	0	$2.51
98	Bountiful Promenade	Land	0	$5.81
99	Ash Barrens	Land	0	$0.15
100	Beast Whisperer	Creature	4	$4.27

Curve of these staples

Most played with Sam, Loyal Attendant

The 25 most-played cards in 19 settled top-16 lists running Sam, Loyal Attendant at 16+ player events since Mar 8, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in	Top 4
1	Birds of Paradise	100% · 19 of 19	2
2	Command Tower	100% · 19 of 19	2
3	Sol Ring	100% · 19 of 19	2
4	Swords to Plowshares	100% · 19 of 19	2
5	Exotic Orchard	84% · 16 of 19	2
6	Arcane Signet	74% · 14 of 19	2
7	Ash Barrens	58% · 11 of 19	2
8	Brushland	58% · 11 of 19	2
9	Canopy Vista	58% · 11 of 19	2
10	Commander's Sphere	58% · 11 of 19	2
11	Crypt Incursion	58% · 11 of 19	2
12	Dusk // Dawn	58% · 11 of 19	2
13	Eagles of the North	58% · 11 of 19	2
14	Essence Warden	58% · 11 of 19	2
15	Evolving Wilds	58% · 11 of 19	2
16	Farmer Cotton	58% · 11 of 19	2
17	Feasting Hobbit	58% · 11 of 19	2
18	Fell the Mighty	58% · 11 of 19	2
19	Field-Tested Frying Pan	58% · 11 of 19	2
20	Forest	58% · 11 of 19	2
21	Fortified Village	58% · 11 of 19	2
22	Fumigate	58% · 11 of 19	2
23	Gilded Goose	58% · 11 of 19	2
24	Go for the Throat	58% · 11 of 19	2
25	Gollum, Obsessed Stalker	58% · 11 of 19	2

Combos with Sam, Loyal Attendant

3 combos using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Peregrin Took + Prize Pig + Sam, Loyal Attendant + Scurry Oak + Treebeard, Gracious Host
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite card draw · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite Food tokens
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Academy Manufactor + Amulet of Vigor + Nuka-Cola Vending Machine + Sam, Loyal Attendant
Infinite artifact tokens · Infinite Clue tokens · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Basalt Monolith + Gourmand's Talent + Sam, Loyal Attendant
Infinite colorless mana
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

The 8 most recent of 21 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

15th of 32 — I PreconWars on Topdeck.ggOct 9, 2026 · 0–1–2 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by Fernando Muñiz García
16th of 38 — Monthly cEDH Tournament - Badlands on Topdeck.ggSep 19, 2026 · 1–3–0 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by Austyn Nace
9th of 28 — Liga Mesão Presencial S3-E11 on Topdeck.ggSep 18, 2026 · 0–0–2 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by João Vitor Torres
13th of 17 — Hellspawn Weekly CEDH on Topdeck.ggSep 6, 2026 · 0–3–0 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by steven chen
3rd of 22 — MTG: Commander Precons on Topdeck.ggAug 15, 2026 · 2–1–0 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by Charlie
4th of 33 — Liga Mesão Presencial S3-E03 on Topdeck.ggJul 17, 2026 · 1–0–1 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by Ana Carolina Correa do Nascimento
10th of 16 — Weekly Mulligans - June 21st on Topdeck.ggJun 21, 2026 · 1–3–0 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by Austyn Nace
7th of 16 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggJun 15, 2026 · 0–2–0 · with Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit · by Anna

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Precons led by Sam, Loyal Attendant

Official preconstructed decks with Sam, Loyal Attendant at the helm.

Food and Fellowship
PreconCommander· Released Jun 2023

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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