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Frodo, Sauron's Bane

Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

{W/B}{W/B}: If Frodo is a Citizen, it becomes a Halfling Scout with base power and toughness 2/3 and lifelink.
{B}{B}{B}: If Frodo is a Scout, it becomes a Halfling Rogue with "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game if the Ring has tempted you four or more times this game. Otherwise, the Ring tempts you."

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7794
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Frodo, Sauron's Bane card art
Frodo, Sauron's Bane is a one-mana creature that snowballs into a game-ending threat the moment it transforms — the corrupted Sauron's Bane mode drains each opponent for 1 every time you spend a Ring temptation trigger, which adds up fast in a format full of token doublers and copy effects like Blade of Selves. The cost is that the transform condition requires patience and redundancy, which is exactly why Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant builds lean into it as a recursive value engine rather than a standalone bomb.

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Frodo, Adventurous HobbitSam, Loyal Attendant

Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant

34.0% of decks · synergy 0.30

Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant is the natural home for Frodo, Sauron's Bane because the commander's Ring-temptation triggers stack directly with the Bane's drain ability, turning every Ring activation into incremental life loss across the table while Sam keeps the engine fed.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Frodo, Sauron's Bane is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually lives — the Ring mechanic rewards the longer game and multiplayer triggers in ways that one-on-one formats don't support. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but the one-mana body doesn't compete with the raw power of those formats, and the transform condition is too slow for a game that ends on turn two or three. Modern is theoretically viable in a dedicated Ring-matters shell, but that archetype hasn't established itself competitively. Stick to Commander for this one.

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Price Context

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Pricing data for Frodo, Sauron's Bane isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market rate before buying. Given its high inclusion rate in Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant decks, demand is real — pick it up when you see it at a reasonable price rather than waiting.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.