Use small creatures to build a board and Food to power real rewards.
Use small creatures to build a board and Food to power real rewards. Rosie turns token-making into counters; Peregrin adds Food and can turn surplus Food into cards. Frodo advances the Ring as legends enter.
Choose these colors when useful cards and the support below keep arriving. One gold card is a possibility, not an obligation.
Four checks while you draft
Can this pick help me play a creature or answer by turn two?
Keep time to set up without taking free attacks.
Am I adding the missing half of the plan?
With Peregrin already out, Rosie makes her Food plus an extra Food. Rosie triggers once for each token and can put both counters on another creature.
Can I win without drawing my best rare?
Use small creatures to build a board and Food to power real rewards. Rosie turns token-making into counters; Peregrin adds Food and can turn surplus Food into cards. Frodo advances the Ring as legends enter.
Can I stop a threat my creatures cannot block profitably?
Keep real removal or a counterspell for the card that changes the game.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have Frodo Baggins but need support.
Look for Eastfarthing Farmer or Peregrin Took.
Food makers plus reasons to use Food. Food alone gains life; it does not win. Do not fill the deck with Food makers if Rosie, Peregrin or another useful reward is missing.
You already have Peregrin Took.
Consider Rosie Cotton of South Lane if it fills a useful job.
With Peregrin already out, Rosie makes her Food plus an extra Food. Rosie triggers once for each token and can put both counters on another creature.
The support is missing
Take castable creatures and answers. If the engine never arrives, use the good cards rather than forcing narrow support.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Food alone gains life; it does not win. Do not fill the deck with Food makers if Rosie, Peregrin or another useful reward is missing.
Remove the token or Food reward before it produces several turns of value. Keep attacks going, but count how much life untapped Food can restore.
Frodo Baggins60.2% GIH · 7,150 instances
Rosie Cotton of South Lane57.5% GIH · 4,317 instances
Quickbeam, Upstart Ent56.9% GIH · 3,152 instances
Meriadoc Brandybuck56.4% GIH · 4,904 instances
Bill the Pony56.2% GIH · 4,143 instances
Great Hall of the Citadel56.1% GIH · 1,060 instances17Lands ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Arwen, Mortal Queen 1GWBest in green-white with other useful creatures. Removing her counter saves or improves another creature but leaves Arwen vulnerable. Splash only with reliable access to both colors.
Andúril, Flame of the West 3Fits any colors, but needs creatures and two mana to equip. A legendary attacker, including your Ring-bearer, makes the Spirits attack immediately. Keep your creature count high.
Horn of Gondor 3Fits any colors. Defend while you spend three mana per activation; existing Humans make the token growth faster. Do not cut the early creatures that keep you alive.
Palantír of Orthanc 3Fits any colors and improves your draws or pressures the opponent each end step. Keep early defense; it does not affect attackers immediately. Watch your shrinking library in a long game.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 100-instance minimum
Took ReaperAn early creature that advances the Ring when it dies. Trading it in combat can help another creature become your next Ring-bearer.
Wose PathfinderSpeeds up expensive spells and fixes colors. It is vulnerable: do not keep a hand that works only if it survives.
Eastfarthing FarmerMakes Food and gives another creature a temporary boost based on your Foods. Keep a creature ready to attack when you cast it.
Peregrin TookAdds a Food to each token-making event. Three Foods can become a card instead of life, giving a Food deck something to do with extras.
Rosie Cotton of South LaneEach token you create grows another creature. Food, Soldiers and a newly created Army all work; adding counters to an existing Army creates no token.
Chance-Met ElvesFrodo BagginsUse small creatures to build a board and Food to power real rewards. Rosie turns token-making into counters; Peregrin adds Food and can turn surplus Food into cards. Frodo advances the Ring as legends enter.
Rosie Cotton of South LanePick support you can cast in your final colors. Each token you create grows another creature. Food, Soldiers and a newly created Army all work; adding counters to an existing Army creates no token.
Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
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| Use three Draft Boosters each and take one card per pick. Premier data describes Arena games, not an exact forecast for a family draft. | Build from the cards you opened. Choose colors with enough early plays, answers and a way to win before chasing a theme. |
