First printed in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023)
All 7 prints
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The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #52, 2026
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The Hobbit Eternal (HOC) #92, 2026
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #711, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #756, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #260, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #345, 2023
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Tales of Middle-earth Promos (PLTR) #260s, 2023
Legendary Land
The Shire enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
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, , Tap an untapped creature you control: Create a Food token.
"You must start somewhere and have some roots, and the soil of the Shire is deep."
—Merry
- Illustrated by
- Jonas De Ro
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (4)
- The legendary creature must already be on the battlefield as the land enters the battlefield. If it enters the battlefield at the same time, the land will enter tapped.
- You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
- Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
- Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Premier Draft | 54.9% | -0.7 | +3.2 | 7742 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Sealed | 56.3% | -0.4 | +2.5 | 597 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
