---
name: "Mentor of the Meek"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "HOC"
set_name: "The Hobbit Eternal"
collector_number: "170"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Wei Guan"
oracle_id: "b9f4f96b-6e54-4fe6-8df7-623e0fc72409"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mentor-of-the-meek-hoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mentor of the Meek
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Human Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever another creature you control with power 2 or less enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, draw a card.

> *In a twinkling the table was laid. There was hot soup, cold meats, a blackberry tart, new loaves, slabs of butter, and half a ripe cheese: good plain food, as good as the Shire could show.*

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3. [Kindly Customer](/printing/kindly-customer-tle.md) — Creature — Human Citizen
4. [Resistance Squad](/printing/resistance-squad-vow.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
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## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #170
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Wei Guan
- **Total Printings:** 99 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`