Tales of Middle-earth Commander · 2023 Commander precon
Food and Fellowship upgrade guide
Budget upgrades, cuts and the full decklist for Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit & Sam, Loyal Attendant.
Food and Fellowship is an Abzan (white-black-green) Commander precon from Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023), led by Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit and Sam, Loyal Attendant. Out of the box it runs 38 lands, 13 ramp pieces, 11 card-draw effects, 7 removal spells and 4 board wipes, with an average mana value of 3.28.
Measured against a typical Commander build, it's lightest on removal, and 7 of its lands enter tapped. Its game plan leans on lifegain, halfling tribal and tokens, so the plan below favors cards that push that. The $50 plan below makes 10 swaps for $25.13.
Deck health
$50 budget plan
Best upgrades for Food and Fellowship
10 swaps for $25.13, built around lifegain and halfling tribal and tokens. Prices as of November 6, 2026.
Add 10
Protection: deck has 0 of ~2 · #12 on EDHREC$1.89
Protection: deck has 0 of ~2 · #13 on EDHREC$3.88
Removal: deck has 7 of ~8 · #25 on EDHREC$0.61
Fits your Lifegain plan · #1,841 on EDHREC$3.84
Fits your Halfling tribal plan · #795 on EDHREC$0.40
Fits your Tokens plan · #328 on EDHREC$0.27
Fits your Lifegain plan$0.32
Untapped land for black & white · #59 on EDHREC$5.22
Untapped land for green & white · #81 on EDHREC$2.76
Untapped land for black & green · #71 on EDHREC$5.94
Cut 10
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Enters tapped — slows your early turns
Trims you to 36 lands — the deck runs 38
Trims you to 36 lands — the deck runs 38
Costs 6 mana · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Costs 6 mana · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Rarely played (#13,884 on EDHREC) · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Costs 9 mana · Extra board wipes: deck already has 4 (~3 is plenty)
Rarely played (#8,390 on EDHREC) · Doesn't support the deck's plan
Food and Fellowship decklist
Commander (2)
- 1Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit$0.38
- 1Sam, Loyal Attendant$0.56
Creatures (31)
- 1Banquet Guests$0.38
- 1Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant$0.36
- 1Birds of Paradise$12.43
- 1Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper$0.15
- 1Eagles of the North$0.20
- 1Essence Warden$11.52
- 1Farmer Cotton$2.47
- 1Feasting Hobbit$0.62
- 1Generous Ent$0.86
- 1Gilded Goose$0.54
- 1Gollum, Obsessed Stalker$0.38
- 1Great Oak Guardian$0.29
- 1Gwaihir, Greatest of the Eagles$0.40
- 1Landroval, Horizon Witness$0.16
- 1Lobelia, Defender of Bag End$0.31
- 1Mentor of the Meek$0.31
- 1Merry, Warden of Isengard$0.37
- 1Mirkwood Bats$1.34
- 1Motivated Pony$0.28
- 1Orchard Strider$0.26
- 1Pippin, Warden of Isengard$0.43
- 1Prize Pig$0.36
- 1Prosperous Innkeeper$0.37
- 1Rapacious Guest$0.74
- 1Rosie Cotton of South Lane$0.31
- 1Savvy Hunter$0.33
- 1Shire Shirriff$0.18
- 1The Gaffer$6.89
- 1Tireless Provisioner$4.54
- 1Treebeard, Gracious Host$2.11
- 1Woodfall Primus$0.38
Instants (6)
- 1Anguished Unmaking$2.49
- 1Crypt Incursion$0.36
- 1Go for the Throat$1.21
- 1Mortify$0.36
- 1Path to Exile$1.99
- 1Swords to Plowshares$1.87
Sorceries (9)
- 1Cultivate$0.49
- 1Dusk // Dawn$0.37
- 1Farseek$1.85
- 1Fell the Mighty$0.35
- 1Fumigate$0.38
- 1Harmonize$0.27
- 1Night's Whisper$0.74
- 1Revive the Shire$0.26
- 1Toxic Deluge$6.00
Artifacts (9)
- 1Arcane Signet$0.91
- 1Chromatic Lantern$0.92
- 1Commander's Sphere$0.37
- 1Field-Tested Frying Pan$0.42
- 1Hithlain Rope$0.41
- 1Pristine Talisman$0.40
- 1Sol Ring$2.87
- 1Trading Post$0.36
- 1Well of Lost Dreams$3.34
Enchantments (5)
- 1Assemble the Entmoot$0.38
- 1Call for Unity$0.28
- 1Dawn of Hope$0.36
- 1Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit$0.89
- 1Sanguine Bond$5.74
Lands (38)
- 1Access Tunnel$0.51
- 1Ash Barrens$0.24
- 1Brushland$1.66
- 1Canopy Vista$0.38
- 1Command Tower$0.36
- 1Evolving Wilds$0.21
- 1Exotic Orchard$0.38
- 4Forest$0.16
- 4Forest$0.16
- 1Fortified Village$0.34
- 1Ghost Quarter$0.92
- 1Graypelt Refuge$0.35
- 1Isolated Chapel$0.59
- 1Murmuring Bosk$0.42
- 1Necroblossom Snarl$0.72
- 1Path of Ancestry$0.35
- 2Plains$0.20
- 2Plains$0.19
- 1Rogue's Passage$0.89
- 1Sandsteppe Citadel$0.36
- 1Scattered Groves$0.30
- 1Scoured Barrens$0.29
- 1Shineshadow Snarl$0.34
- 1Shire Terrace$0.28
- 1Sunpetal Grove$0.85
- 2Swamp$0.12
- 2Swamp$0.16
- 1Woodland Cemetery$1.44
FAQ
How much is the Food and Fellowship precon worth?
At current prices the 100 cards in Food and Fellowship are worth about $102.65 as singles (cheapest printings, TCGplayer market price as of November 6, 2026).
What are the best budget upgrades for Food and Fellowship?
For about $25.13, our top picks are Swiftfoot Boots, Lightning Greaves, Beast Within, Elenda's Hierophant, Peregrin Took. The full 10-card plan with cuts is above, and the upgrade tool can rebuild it for any budget.
What should I cut from Food and Fellowship?
Start with Graypelt Refuge, Shire Terrace, Scattered Groves, Scoured Barrens. These are the least-played or slowest cards that don't support the deck's plan.
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