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The Sackville-Bagginses
Legendary Creature — Halfling Citizen
When The Sackville-Bagginses enter, you may sacrifice another creature or artifact. If you do, draw a card and create a Treasure token. Whenever you sacrifice a token, target opponent loses 1 life.
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“Sacrifice tokens for card draw and drain triggers—chip damage from the drain table.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Drain
Sacrifice, Tokens
Strategy
The Sackville-Bagginses is a sacrifice engine disguised as a simple Halfling. When it enters, you sacrifice a creature or artifact to draw a card and make a Treasure token—immediately setting up mana acceleration and card advantage. Then, every token you sacrifice triggers its second ability, draining your opponents for incremental damage that adds up fast in multiplayer. The deck wants to generate tokens constantly (through sacrifice outlets, Food tokens, and Treasure makers) so you're always sacrificing something and pinging the table. You'll win through a combination of chip damage from the drain ability and the occasional combat victory from whatever creatures you assemble.
Build around token generation and sacrifice synergies. Play aristocrat payoffs like Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat to multiply your drain triggers. Include efficient sacrifice outlets (Viscera Seer, Ashnod's Altar) so you control the sacrifice timing and aren't reliant on The Sackville-Bagginses alone. Treasure-focused cards like Bag End Banquet, Gleaming Splendor, and Orcrist help you generate both mana and tokens. The Hobbit Eternal reprints (Arcane Signet, Delighted Halfling) give you solid ramp and tribal synergy if you lean into Halfling/creature typing.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip Doubling Season and Cabal Coffers; use Pitiless Plunderer and Deadly Dispute for token generation and card draw instead.
Signature Cards
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