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Samwise the Stouthearted
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
Flash When Samwise enters, choose up to one target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand. Then the Ring tempts you.
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“Flash recursion + sacrifice value that keeps growing the Ring curse.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Tokens swarm, Combat damage
Sacrifice, Tokens, Lifegain
Strategy
Samwise the Stouthearted is a resourceful recursion engine that rewards you for trading your permanents into the graveyard. With flash, he can slip in at instant speed to snag back a creature or artifact you just sacrificed or traded away, then immediately tempt you with the Ring for incremental value. The deck wants to lean into sacrifice strategies—trading resources for card advantage or mana—then using Samwise to recover key pieces while snowballing the Ring's curse counter. You're playing a grindy, value-focused game where you generate small advantages each turn and eventually close out with a combination of Ring-enhanced attacks, token swarms, or recursive threats that are hard to keep off the board.
Build around sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer, Ashnod's Altar, and Cartel Aristocrat to turn your creatures into currency. Pair Samwise with cards that want to die or be sacrificed—tokens, mana dorks, and creatures with sacrifice payoffs—so you're always getting two-for-one value. The Ring tempts synergy means you'll be turning dudes sideways eventually, so include creatures with evasion and other lords. This is a midrange deck that grinds opponents out through smart sequencing and refusal to let the board stay empty.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey fetchlands and use basic ramp like Llanowar Elves and Cultivate; replace aristocrat staples with budget sacrifice outlets like Zulaport Cutthroat and Viscera Seer.
Most-Played Cards
Ephemerate
Sevinne's Reclamation
Brought Back
Slip On the Ring
Cloudshift
Sun Titan
Spirited Companion
Kami of False Hope
Wayfarer's Bauble
Solemn Simulacrum
Karmic Guide
Flickerwisp
Inclusion = % of Samwise the Stouthearted decks running this card. +lift = percentage-point boost over the format average.
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