Card

Tom Bombadil

Mana cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}

Legendary Creature — God Bard 4/4

As long as there are four or more lore counters among Sagas you control, Tom Bombadil has hexproof and indestructible. Whenever the final chapter ability of a Saga you control resolves, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a Saga card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. This ability triggers only once each turn.

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 2 known combos. 3 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · LTR · #234
Cheapest printing
€3.09
EDHREC salt
0.43
Color identity
Black, Green, Red, Blue, White

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

2 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    Damage dealt to creatures remains on those creatures until the cleanup step or until an effect removes that damage. If you control Tom Bombadil with at least 4 damage on it as well as a single Saga which has four or more lore counters on it, and that Saga leaves the battlefield later in the turn, Tom Bombadil will be destroyed. This will be true even if that Saga leaves the battlefield as a result of its final chapter ability leaving the stack; state-based actions will be checked before Tom Bombadil's triggered ability could get you another Saga.
  • 2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    An ability that triggers when another ability resolves, such as Tom Bombadil's triggered ability, triggers when all of its instructions (as modified by applicable replacement effects) have been followed and it has been removed from the stack. For example, if Tom Bombadil is returned to the battlefield by the final chapter ability of Elspeth Conquers Death, it will be on the battlefield in time to see that final chapter ability finish resolving and get removed from the stack, and thus Tom Bombadil's last ability will trigger.
  • 2023-06-16 · Wizards of the Coast
    The final chapter ability of a Saga is the ability with the greatest chapter number among chapter abilities that Saga has.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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