The Gaffer

The Gaffer {2}{W}

Legendary Creature - Halfling Peasant
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
"'Live and learn!' as my gaffer used to say. Though he was thinking of gardening, not of roosting like a bird, nor of trying to walk like a spider."
—Sam
2/3
Details
  • Artist: Chuck Lukacs
  • Collector Number: 55
  • Available foil and nonfoil
  • Frame Effects: legendary
  • Promo: universesbeyond
  • Rarity: mythic
  • Released: 2026-08-14
  • Set: The Hobbit Eternal
  • Stamp: oval
Legalities
Rulings
  • 2023-06-16 If you haven't gained 3 or more life by the time an end step begins, The Gaffer's ability won't trigger at all.
  • 2023-06-16 The Gaffer's ability looks at how much life you've gained in the turn, even if it wasn't on the battlefield when you gained life. It doesn't care if you also lost life, even if you lost more life than you gained.
  • 2023-06-16 You draw just one card, no matter how much life you've gained past 3 life.
Printings
  • The Hobbit Eternal 15 55 (mythic)
  • Tales of Middle-earth Commander 12 96 414 (rare)

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Foreign names
  • 老头儿
  • Der alte Ohm
  • L'Ancien
  • Il Gaffiere
  • とっつぁん
  • O Feitor
  • El Tío