Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Whenever Bill Ferny becomes blocked, choose one —
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
• Target opponent gains control of target Horse you control. If they do, remove Bill Ferny from combat and create three Treasure tokens.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21148
Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler hands your opponents a basic land token — which sounds generous until you realize you're drawing a card every time they use it, turning their mana acceleration into your card advantage. The cost is real: you're voluntarily giving up board equity by enriching opponents, so he earns his slot only in decks that either punish gift-giving or combo off the draw triggers.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler does his best work, specifically in politics-heavy or group-slug builds where opponents cycling through that land token generates repeated draw triggers across a full table. In Legacy and Vintage he's legal but irrelevant — two mana for a 1/1 with a slow symmetrical effect doesn't clear the bar in those formats. Oathbreaker is the other home worth considering, where the lower life total and faster games make the early card-draw more meaningful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bill Ferny, Bree Swindler is firmly bulk — a throw-in at any card shop or a near-free pickup online. Bulk rares from niche sets rarely move unless a combo or ruling drags them into the spotlight, so don't expect appreciation, but there's no reason not to own a copy if the effect fits your deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.