Sacrifice a Food: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains vigilance until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
"They won't harm you—not unless I tell 'em to. Here, Grip! Fang! Heel!"
—Farmer Maggot
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 ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Draw a card.
"Sam! Get breakfast ready for half-past nine!"
You may sacrifice a Food. If you do, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn. Otherwise, that creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Pippin stabbed upwards, and the written blade of Westernesse pierced through the hide and went deep into the vitals of the troll.
Whenever Quickbeam or another Treefolk you control enters, up to two target creatures each get +2/+2 and gain trample until end of turn.
"It is only a nickname, of course. They have called me that ever since I said yes to an elder Ent before he had finished his question."
Whenever Radagast or another nontoken creature you control enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that creature's mana value. You may reveal a creature card that doesn't share a creature type with a creature you control from among those cards and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
In the Party Field, a beautiful young sapling leaped up: it was indeed a mallorn, and it was the wonder of the neighborhood.
The Ring tempts you. Then reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal X land cards, where X is the number of legendary creatures you control. Put those land cards onto the battlefield tapped and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
When this enchantment enters, the Ring tempts you.
At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. Scry 1.
"I wish there were more of your kin among us, Gimli. But even more would I give for a hundred good archers of Mirkwood. We shall need them."
—Legolas
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
"Stew the rabbits?" squealed Gollum in dismay. "Spoil beautiful meat Sméagol saved saved for you, poor hungry Sméagol! What for?"
: Add one mana of any color.
, : Another target creature gets +3/+3 and gains trample until end of turn.
"Road is forgotten, but not by Wild Folk. Over hill and behind hill it lies still under grass and tree. Wild Folk will show you that road."
Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Aragorn as your Ring-bearer, put your choice of a counter from among first strike, vigilance, deathtouch, and lifelink on Aragorn.
Whenever you put one or more counters on Aragorn, put one of each of those kinds of counters on up to one other target creature.
Whenever you cast a white spell, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
Whenever you cast a blue spell, scry 2.
Whenever you cast a red spell, Aragorn deals 3 damage to target opponent.
Whenever you cast a green spell, target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.
Arwen enters with an indestructible counter on it.
, Remove an indestructible counter from Arwen: Another target creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter and a lifelink counter on that creature and a +1/+1 counter and a lifelink counter on Arwen.
Whenever you scry, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
: Scry 2.
She was called Undómiel, for she was the Evenstar of her people.
This spell costs less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this turn.
Haste
The Balrog can't be blocked except by legendary creatures.
When The Balrog dies, destroy target artifact or creature an opponent controls.
When Bilbo enters or leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever Bilbo deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token.
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
At the beginning of your end step, if you don't control a Food, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
"I hope you'll be comfortable. You'll be wanting supper, I don't doubt. As soon as may be. This way now!"
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"Much must be risked in war."
Whenever you attack, scry 2, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. Until your next turn, it gains trample if you control a Dwarf and hexproof if you control an Elf.
"Speak, friend, and enter."
Whenever you scry, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to X target creatures, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, you may draw a card.
Haste
When Éowyn enters, exile target creature an opponent controls with greater power. Legendary creatures you control gain protection from each of that creature's colors until end of turn.
"Am I not of the House of Eorl? I have waited on faltering feet long enough."
At the beginning of your end step, choose an opponent. At the beginning of that player's next end step, you draw a card if they didn't attack you that turn. Otherwise, create three 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens.
The City was made more fair than it had ever been, even in the days of its first glory.
Choose one. If you control a Wizard as you cast this spell, you may choose two instead.
• Target player draws two cards.
• Destroy target artifact.
• Flame of Anor deals 5 damage to target creature.
There was a ringing clash and a stab of white fire, and the Balrog fell back.
Target creature you control and up to one other target legendary creature you control each deal damage equal to their power to target creature you don't control.
"Forty-two, Master Legolas!"
—Gimli
Whenever Frodo Baggins or another legendary creature you control enters, the Ring tempts you.
As long as Frodo Baggins is your Ring-bearer, it must be blocked if able.
"Few have ever come hither through greater peril or on an errand more urgent."
—Elrond
Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Galadriel as your Ring-bearer, scry 3.
Whenever you scry, you may reveal the top card of your library. If a land card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield tapped.
"I pass the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel."
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, choose one that hasn't been chosen —
• You may tap or untap target permanent.
• Gandalf deals 3 damage to each opponent.
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy.
• Put Gandalf on top of its owner's library.
Gandalf's Sanction deals X damage to target creature, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. Excess damage is dealt to that creature's controller instead.
There was a crack, and the staff split asunder in Saruman's hand, and the head of it fell down at Gandalf's feet.
Gimli has indestructible as long as two or more creatures died under your control this turn.
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Gimli. When this ability resolves for the third time this turn, Gimli fights up to one target creature you don't control.
This spell costs less to cast as long as you've drawn two or more cards this turn.
Flying, vigilance
Other Birds you control have vigilance.
There came Gwaihir the Windlord, greatest of all the Eagles of the North, mightiest of the descendants of old Thorondor.
Flying
Whenever King of the Oathbreakers or another Spirit you control becomes the target of a spell, it phases out. (Treat it and anything attached to it as though they don't exist until your next turn.)
Whenever King of the Oathbreakers or another Spirit you control phases in, create a tapped 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.
Reach
Whenever you scry, if Legolas is tapped, you may untap it. Do this only once each turn.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas.
"Two?" said Legolas. "I make my tale twenty at the least."
Whenever a player casts their second spell each turn, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
"Whatever is wrong in the Shire, Lotho will be at the bottom of it: you can be sure of that."
—Pippin
Menace
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an Army, Goblin, or Orc you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
"We are the servants of Saruman the Wise, the White Hand: the Hand that gives us Man's-flesh to eat."
Haste
Merry has first strike as long as it's equipped.
Whenever you attack with Merry and another legendary creature, draw a card.
Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. Wind was in his face!
When The Mouth of Sauron enters, target player mills three cards. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in that player's graveyard. (Put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Old Man Willow's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.
Whenever Old Man Willow attacks, you may sacrifice another creature or a token. When you do, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
Vigilance, ward
: Another target creature you control gains protection from the card type of your choice until end of turn. (It can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything of that type.)
"Here do I swear fealty to Gondor, until my lord release me, or death take me."
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
"The Lord Aragorn I hold to be my liege lord, whether he claim it or no. His wish is to me a command."
The Ring tempts you. Search your library for a card that shares a color with a legendary creature you control, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
Frodo was able to see beneath their black wrappings. In their white faces burned keen and merciless eyes.
Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you sacrificed a creature this way, you may return another permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sacrifice three Foods: Return target historic card from your graveyard to your hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)
Ward—Discard an enchantment, instant, or sorcery card.
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, each opponent mills two cards. When one or more cards are milled this way, exile target enchantment, instant, or sorcery card with equal or lesser mana value than that spell from an opponent's graveyard. Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Ward—Sacrifice a legendary artifact or legendary creature.
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, amass Orcs 1.
Whenever an Army you control deals combat damage to a player, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever the Ring tempts you, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw four cards.
Choose an opponent. They look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard. The Ring tempts you.
"He was dear to you, I see. And now he shall endure the slow torment of years."
Create two tapped 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
"Whose shall the horn be? Who shall call them from the grey twilight, the forgotten people? The heir of him to whom the oath they swore."
—Malbeth the Seer
Horses you control have haste. (They can attack and as soon as they come under your control.)
Whenever Shadowfax attacks, you may put a creature card with lesser power from your hand onto the battlefield tapped and attacking.
Whenever Shagrat attacks, attach up to one target Equipment to it. Then amass Orcs X, where X is the number of Equipment attached to Shagrat. (Control of the Equipment doesn't change. To amass Orcs X, put X +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Activated abilities of lands your opponents control can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.
Sharkey has all activated abilities of lands your opponents control except mana abilities.
Mana of any type can be spent to activate Sharkey's abilities.
Deathtouch, ward
Other Spiders you control have deathtouch and ward .
Whenever another creature dealt damage this turn by a Spider you controlled dies, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's a Food artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life," and it loses all other card types.
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever the Ring tempts you, target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into their graveyard.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. Then if that creature has power 4 or greater, it gains first strike until end of turn.
The greatest traveler and huntsman of this age of the world.
Whenever Théoden or another Human you control enters, target creature gains double strike until end of turn.
"Dark have been my dreams of late, but I feel new-awakened. I only fear that already you have come too late, Gandalf."
As long as there are four or more lore counters among Sagas you control, Tom Bombadil has hexproof and indestructible.
Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control resolves, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a Saga card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever another creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Uglúk. If that creature was a Goblin or Orc, put two +1/+1 counters on Uglúk instead.
"I am Uglúk. I command. I return to Isengard by the shortest road."
Equipped creature gets +3/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, create two tapped 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying. If that creature is legendary, instead create two of those tokens that are tapped and attacking.
Equip
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature blocks or becomes blocked by a creature, that creature loses all abilities until end of turn.
Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
, : Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature with power X. Activate only as a sorcery.
The effect of the draught began at the toes, and rose steadily through every limb, bringing refreshment and vigor as it coursed upward, right to the tips of the hair.
Equipped creature has first strike and gets +1/+0 for each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand with mana value less than or equal to that damage without paying its mana cost.
Equip