Food Fight

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BGW (Abzan, Junk) Food Lifegain Theme/Gimmick Tokens

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Land (38)

• 1x Access Tunnel
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Castle Locthwain
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Plains
• 1x Plains
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Radiant Fountain
• 1x Restless Cottage
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Sandsteppe Citadel
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Shire Terrace
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
• 1x The Shire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (3)

• 1x Nuka-Cola Vending Machine
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Witch's Oven

Creature (33)

• 1x Academy Manufactor
• 1x Astrid Peth
• 1x Banquet Guests
• 1x Cauldron Familiar
• 1x Delighted Halfling
• 1x Devouring Sugarmaw
• 1x Eastfarthing Farmer
• 1x Farmer Cotton
• 1x Generous Ent
• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
• 1x Gumdrop Poisoner
• 1x Gyome, Master Chef
• 1x Indulging Patrician
• 1x Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
• 1x Marauding Blight-Priest
• 1x Merry, Warden of Isengard
• 1x Mirkwood Bats
• 1x Mushroom Watchdogs
• 1x Peregrin Took
• 1x Pippin, Warden of Isengard
• 1x Prize Pig
• 1x Rapacious Guest
• 1x Rosie Cotton of South Lane
• 1x Samwise Gamgee
• 1x Savvy Hunter
• 1x Sweettooth Witch
• 1x The Gaffer
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Tough Cookie
• 1x Treebeard, Gracious Host
• 1x Vegetation Abomination
• 1x Voracious Fell Beast

Instant (6)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Bake into a Pie
• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Feed the Cauldron
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Mortify

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Dig Up
• 1x Farewell
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Fell the Mighty
• 1x Fumigate
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Many Partings
• 1x Profane Tutor
• 1x Rite of Consumption
• 1x Spider Food
• 1x The Battle of Bywater
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Zof Consumption  ^Flip

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Assemble the Entmoot
• 1x Night of the Sweets' Revenge
• 1x Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
• 1x Sanguine Bond

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This deck is inspired by the Food and Fellowship from Lord of the Rings, but is packed with many more life gain and Food strategies. Frodo and Sam are fine Commanders that give us access to Abzan colors, they can stay. There is also a very strong Halfling Tribal theme, but that is not the primary function of the deck.

The goal is simple; Create Food, gain life, make baddies and win! Now you have permission to play with your food.

Food & Food Token Creators: (23)

1. Sam, Loyal Attendant
2. Gyome, Master Chef
3. Many Partings
4. Bake into a Pie
5. Savvy Hunter
6. Vegetation Abomination
7. Tireless Provisioner
8. Feed the Cauldron
9. Eastfarthing Farmer
10. Peregrin Took
11. Sweettooth Witch
12. Gumdrop Poisoner
13. Devouring Sugarmaw
14. Voracious Fell Beast
15. Rosie Cotton of South Lane
16. Generous Ent
17. Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
18. Astrid Peth
19. Farmer Cotton
20. Pippin, Warden of Isengard
21. Treebeard, Gracious Host
22. Gilded Goose
23. Tough Cookie
24. Academy Manufacto
25. Witch's Oven

Halflings: (17)

1. Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
2. Sam, Loyal Attendant
3. Rapacious Guest
4. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
5. Frodo, Sauron's Bane
6. Delighted Halfling
7. Eastfarthing Farmer
8. Peregrin Took
9. Samwise Gangee
10. Rosie Cotton of South Lane
11. The Gaffer
12. Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
13. Lobelia, Defender of Bag End
14. Farmer Cotton
15. Merry, Warden of Isengard
16. Pippin, Warden of Isengard
17. Banquet Guests

Baddies: (4) - this category includes creatures which can reach a truly unlimited size because of food consumption.

1. Mushroom Watchdogs
2. Rapacious Guest
3. Devouring Sugarmaw
4. Banquet Guests

Tutors: (3) - in my opinion, we should not make the deck super heavy on tutors. Including a few to find combo pieces is relevant so that we can speed up the game.

1. Grim Tutor - losing 3 life is not a downside when you can easily crack a food.
2. Profane Tutor - cheap and underrated tutor.

Board Wipes: (5) We don't want to go overboard with these, but unfortunately when you are weak vs. Flying Creatures and playing a "Weenie" style deck, what choice do you have but to bring these to the party? We choose board Wipes that will hurt opponents more than they will harm us, and in many cases, these fit right into your plans.

1. Fumigate - you gain life and wipe the board.
2. Toxic Deluge - you can afford to pay A LOT of Life for this to work, it can be one sided.
3. The Battle of Bywater - wipe board and create food, a perfect tempo play in the deck.
4. Farewell - totally customized, EXILE what needs to be dealt with.
5. Fell the Mighty - customize for T1 and above with Frodo coming out of your command zone.

Winning!

1. Weaponize Lifegain - by using Sanguine Bond you can torch a single player by bonding with them.Indulging Patrician OR Marauding Blight-Priest bleed EACH opponent. These are easy to trigger with Food, they will bleed the table dry if left unchecked. Mirkwood Bats could be the best card in the deck! Mirkwood burns whenever you create or sacrifice a food token. Cauldron Familiar is a long for the ride too.

2. Subtle Combat - it is easy to ignore Gollum, Obsessed Stalker, it - swings like a lowly 1/1, but then hits like a truck because of the life gain clause. Frodo, Sauron's Bane kills a player if He is leveled up and the ring has tempted you 4x times. Use Access Tunnel or Rogue's Passage to send either of these.

3. Obvious Beat down in Combat - connect with a massive creature such as Banquet Guests, Mushroom Watchdogs, Devouring Sugarmaw or Rapacious Guest. Bonus points of Rapacious Guest leaves the battlefield, as it still deals damage equal to it's power. You can also use Rite of Consumption to deal direct damage with a these potentially large creatures even after they connect in combat.

Notes:

3/15/24 - We pulled Feasting Troll Ling and Burning Rune Demon from the deck. Replacing with Cat Oven combo pieces. Academy Manufactor is here now and so is Gyome, Master Chef. Still no Syr Ginger, but that will likely change soon. I pulled Arcane Signet for Night of Sweet's Revenge too.

1/27/24 - This deck slaps! My first time playing it went toe to toe with a bigger badder Angel Tribal deck. But we had too few lands at only 36, so that needs to change. In addition, we dropped the Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant win condition.

Date added	3 months
Last updated	4 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.93
Tokens	Clue, Food, Halfling, Human 1/1 W, Soldier 1/1 W w/ Lifelink, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure, Treefolk X/X G