Art: Ashley Mackenzie · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
The Notary Hobbits
GLegendary Creature — Halfling Advisor · from $0.56
When The Notary Hobbits enter, if they're not a token, create two tokens that are copies of them, except the tokens aren't legendary.
{T}: Add {C} for each Halfling you control.
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
58 of 100 at $5 or less · 36 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 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 10 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 11 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 12 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 15 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 16 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 17 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 18 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 19 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 20 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 21 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 22 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 23 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 24 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 25 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 26 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 27 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 28 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 29 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 30 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 31 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 32 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 33 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 34 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 35 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 36 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 37 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 40 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 41 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 42 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 43 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 44 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 45 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 46 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 47 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 48 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 49 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 50 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 51 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 52 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 53 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 54 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 55 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 56 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 57 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 58 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 59 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 60 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 61 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 62 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 63 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 64 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 65 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 66 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
| 67 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 68 | Return of the Wildspeaker | Instant | 5 | $1.51 |
| 69 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 70 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 71 | Hardened Scales | Enchantment | 1 | $1.85 |
| 72 | Tireless Provisioner | Creature | 3 | $2.33 |
| 73 | Doubling Season | Enchantment | 5 | $29.62 |
| 74 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 75 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 76 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 77 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 78 | Mosswort Bridge | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 79 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 80 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 81 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 82 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 83 | Beast Whisperer | Creature | 4 | $4.27 |
| 84 | Wild Growth | Enchantment | 1 | $0.40 |
| 85 | Crop Rotation | Instant | 1 | $3.60 |
| 86 | Fyndhorn Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.96 |
| 87 | Secluded Courtyard | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 88 | Ornithopter of Paradise | Creature | 2 | $0.35 |
| 89 | The Great Henge | Artifact | 9 | $63.38 |
| 90 | Sensei's Divining Top | Artifact | 1 | $36.48 |
| 91 | Sword of the Animist | Artifact | 2 | $2.79 |
| 92 | Explore | Sorcery | 2 | $0.15 |
| 93 | Mithril Coat | Artifact | 3 | $27.09 |
| 94 | Scute Swarm | Creature | 3 | $8.51 |
| 95 | Rishkar's Expertise | Sorcery | 6 | $1.72 |
| 96 | Mox Opal | Artifact | 0 | $229.58 |
| 97 | Unclaimed Territory | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 98 | Mox Diamond | Artifact | 0 | $1108.66 |
| 99 | Harrow | Instant | 3 | $0.33 |
| 100 | Foundry Inspector | Creature | 3 | $0.28 |
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Combos with The Notary Hobbits
The 10 most popular of 18 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Staff of Domination + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite card draw · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite draw triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures you control
The Notary Hobbits + Umbral Mantle
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures you control · Infinitely large creature until end of turn
Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Pili-Pala + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite colored mana · Infinite colorless mana
Food Chain + The Notary Hobbits + Thousand-Year Elixir
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite commander casts · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite storm count
Concordant Crossroads + Food Chain + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite commander casts · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite storm count
Food Chain + Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite commander casts · Infinite creature tokens · Infinite storm count
Sword of the Paruns + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite mana creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of creatures you control
Akroma's Memorial + Food Chain + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite commander casts · Infinite creature tokens with haste · Infinite storm count
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Magus of the Candelabra + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite colorless mana · Infinite green mana · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite mana nontoken creatures you control can produce · Infinite untap of lands you control · Infinite untap of nontoken creatures you control
Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + The Notary Hobbits
Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite creature tokens
Top finishes
2 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 3rd of 18 — Team 6750: The Hobbit Bracket 3 Tournament on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 2–0–2 · by Pengoo
- 15th of 17 — Batalla de Cartas: Commander Rumble MTG "El Sol Naciente" on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 0–4–0 · by Aaron Ramirez
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. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.