The Gaffer
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
The Hobbit EternalHOC · #55
- Card type
- Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
- Rarity
- Mythic rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 18.85 € · ★ 20.01 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- White
Card text
At the beginning of each end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, draw a card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Chuck Lukacs
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2026-08-14
Flavour text
"'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
Rulings
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.
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.
You draw just one card, no matter how much life you've gained past 3 life.
