The Shire
Legendary Land
The Shire enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add 
.
, , Tap an untapped creature you control: Create a Food token.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $2.22
- EDHREC rank
- #1128
The Shire enters untapped and immediately starts generating Food tokens whenever a nontoken creature enters under your control — free value stapled to a land slot. The cost is real: it only produces colorless mana, so Samwise Gamgee decks and other Food-centric builds are the primary homes where that trade-off pays off.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee triggers off Food sacrifices, so The Shire feeding him a steady stream of tokens every time a creature enters creates a self-sustaining loop of life gain and Treasure production. At 76% inclusion across his decks, it's essentially a staple.
The Cabbage Merchant
The Cabbage Merchant scales on Food tokens entering the battlefield, and The Shire produces one for free every time a nontoken creature shows up — that's incremental power added to every creature-based play you make.
Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard
Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard cares about the Food token subtype directly, and The Shire slots in as a land that quietly builds that count turn over turn without spending a card.
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant leans on Food as a resource to protect and empower Frodo, and The Shire is one of the cleanest ways to generate those tokens passively across a long game.
The Goose Mother
The Goose Mother produces Food tokens on attack, and The Shire supplements that supply on every creature drop — more Food means more options for the Goose's abilities without dedicating extra card slots to the task.
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 |
The Shire is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, though it's essentially a Commander card in practice. In Modern and Legacy, colorless utility lands compete in a brutal field — any land that can't produce colored mana needs a payoff strong enough to justify the slot, and Food synergies simply don't register in those formats. Commander is where The Shire belongs: 100-card decks with dedicated Food and Hobbit themes can absorb the colorless mana cost, and the passive token generation compounds over a long game without spending a card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.22 cheap tier
At $2.22, The Shire sits comfortably in the cheap tier — an easy include for any Food-matters build without a meaningful budget conversation. It's a narrow enough card that prices are unlikely to surge outside its niche, but that niche is loyal enough to keep it from bottoming out.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Samwise Gamgee
- The Cabbage Merchant
- Merry, Warden of Isengard // Pippin, Warden of Isengard
- Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant
- The Goose Mother
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.