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Peregrin Took

Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus an additional Food token are created instead. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Draw a card.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Price
$0.58
EDHREC rank
#767
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Peregrin Took card art
Peregrin Took turns every Food token you make into a free card, and at three mana that engine comes online faster than most tables expect. The Nuka-Cola Vending Machine and The Cabbage Merchant both flood the battlefield with Food, meaning Took can refill your hand while those permanents do their primary jobs.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
The Cabbage Merchant

The Cabbage Merchant

95.4% of decks · synergy 0.93

The Cabbage Merchant's triggered ability generates Food repeatedly, and Peregrin Took converts every one of those tokens into a drawn card — the two cards together form a self-sustaining draw engine that runs on ordinary gameplay.

02
Samwise Gamgee

Samwise Gamgee

96.4% of decks · synergy 0.92

Samwise Gamgee creates Food whenever a historic permanent enters, so Peregrin Took transforms every artifact or legendary drop into a card draw trigger and pulls the deck well ahead on resources.

03
Merry, Warden of IsengardPippin, Warden of Isengard

Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard

88.3% of decks · synergy 0.76

Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard cares about Hobbits and tokens, and Peregrin Took slots in as both a Hobbit tribal piece and a draw engine that cashes in the Food those token strategies inevitably generate.

04
Frodo, Adventurous HobbitSam, Loyal Attendant

Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant

87.2% of decks · synergy 0.75

Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant leans on Food for protection and life gain, and Peregrin Took gives that strategy a serious card advantage payoff so spending Food never feels like a net loss.

05
Rocco, Street Chef

Rocco, Street Chef

77.8% of decks · synergy 0.71

Rocco, Street Chef produces Food as part of his baseline loop, and Peregrin Took turns the surplus tokens that pile up between activations into a steady stream of cards rather than dead resources.

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

Commander is where Peregrin Took lives — the 100-card singleton format gives Food strategies the tribal density and synergy redundancy they need to make the draw trigger fire consistently. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but competes with far more efficient draw options and sees essentially no play. Oathbreaker can support a Food-focused build, though the tighter card pool makes sustaining the engine harder. Peregrin Took is a Commander card in practice, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

20,368 decks
Camellia, the SeedmiserPeregrin TookHazel's BrewmasterGilded Goose

Camellia, the SeedmiserPeregrin TookHazel's BrewmasterGilded Goose

Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures

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17,201 decks
Chatterfang, Squirrel GeneralWarren SoultraderPeregrin Took

Chatterfang, Squirrel GeneralWarren SoultraderPeregrin Took

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite Food tokens; Infinite creature tokens; Reduce the toughness of creatures opponents control to 0

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Price Context

Current price

$0.58 bulk tier

At $0.58, Peregrin Took is a bulk rare that punches well above its price in any Food deck. Given its 95%+ inclusion rate in the most popular Food commanders, that price is likely to stay stable — it's widely opened and widely played, which keeps supply and demand in balance.

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