---
name: "Samwise Gamgee"
mana_cost: "{G}{W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant"
colors: ["G", "W"]
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: ["Food"]
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "222"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ekaterina Burmak"
oracle_id: "7ce37c26-91ea-493f-bfc3-a890d4538bc1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/samwise-gamgee-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Samwise Gamgee
- **Mana Cost:** `{G}{W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Food

## Oracle Text
Whenever another nontoken creature you control enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, {T}, 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.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sam, Loyal Attendant](/printing/sam-loyal-attendant-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
2. [Peregrin Took](/printing/peregrin-took-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
3. [Samwise the Stouthearted](/printing/samwise-the-stouthearted-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
4. [Meriadoc Brandybuck](/printing/meriadoc-brandybuck-ltr.md) — Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
5. [Brandywine Farmer](/printing/brandywine-farmer-ltr.md) — Creature — Halfling Peasant
6. [Pippin, Warden of Isengard](/printing/pippin-warden-of-isengard-ltc.md) — Legendary Creature — Halfling Advisor

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #222
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ekaterina Burmak
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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