Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. Create a Food token.
II — Draw a card. Create a Food token.
III — Create a 1/1 white Halfling creature token for each Food you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #4654
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit puts a Food token on the board immediately, then follows up with a creature tutor the next time you gain life — two meaningful effects for two mana. In any deck built around Samwise Gamgee, that Food token is already an engine piece before the card even resolves its second chapter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Samwise Gamgee
Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit is a core piece in Samwise Gamgee decks because the Food token directly triggers Samwise's ability to create more Food whenever you gain life — the two cards form a self-reinforcing loop from turn two onward.
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant leans hard on Food tokens and life gain synergies, making Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit a reliable engine piece that fuels both halves of the partner pair.
Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard
Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard benefits from the creature tutor chapter of Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit to find specific Hobbits on cue, keeping the engine consistent across games.
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria cares about artifacts entering the battlefield and recurring value engines, so Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit's Food token and multi-chapter structure slot cleanly into that shell.
Treebeard, Gracious Host
Treebeard, Gracious Host distributes +1/+1 counters when you gain life, and Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit's Food token is a repeatable life gain trigger waiting to happen whenever you need counters most.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit actually lives — the 100-card singleton environment gives it time to resolve both chapters, and the prevalence of Food and life gain commanders makes it a near-auto-include in the right builds. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with far more efficient options and sees essentially no play; the two-turn delay on the creature tutor is a liability when those formats operate at instant speed. Oathbreaker is a closer call if your planeswalker cares about Food or Hobbit tribal, but the card's ceiling is firmly in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit is bulk — pick it up without thinking twice if you're building any of the Hobbit-adjacent commanders. Bulk rares with narrow but genuine synergy tend to stay cheap, so don't expect price movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Samwise Gamgee
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
- Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard
- Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
- Treebeard, Gracious Host
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.