Hey folks! Here is the complete list of upgrades made to the build along with the Sidegrade and Upgrade recommendations! Also, let me know in the comments if you agreed with my changes, what upgrades you would recommend instead, and what commander for Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth you want to see me cover next! ---------------------- Creatures ---------------------- Generous Ent >>> Meriadoc Brandybuck Orchard Strider >>> Samwise Gamgee Butterbur, Bree Innkeeper >>> Gyome, Master Chef Eagles of the North >>> Galadriel, Gift-Giver Landroval, Horizon Witness >>> Peregrin Took Revive the Shire >>> Elanor Gardner Sylvan Offering >>> Academy Manufactor Evolving Wilds >>> Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose Woodfall Primus >>> Braids, Arisen Nightmare Great Oak Guardian >>> Blossoming Bogbeast Call for Unity >>> Nykthos Paragon ---------------------- Instants ---------------------- Mortify >>> Path to Exile Fumigate >>> Generous Gift Graypelt Refuge >>> Beast Within Scoured Barrens >>> Mortality Spear ---------------------- Sorceries ---------------------- Commander’s Sphere >>> Rampant Growth Pristine Talisman >>> Nature's Lore Fell the Mighty >>> The Battle of Bywater ---------------------- Enchantments ---------------------- Harmonize >>> Trail of Crumbs ---------------------- Artifacts ---------------------- Trading Post >>> Idol of Oblivion Hithlain Rope >>> Bolas's Citadel ---------------------- Lands ---------------------- Ash Barrens >>> Llanowar Wastes Shire Terrace >>> The Shire ---------------------- Sidegrades ---------------------- Trail of Crumbs >>> Killer Service Braids, Arisen Nightmare >>> Jaheira, Friend of the Forest ---------------------- Further Upgrades ---------------------- Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant >>> Alhammarret's Archive Prosperous Innkeeper >>> Rodolf Duskbringer Mentor of the Meek >>> Bennie Bracks, Zoologist Motivated Pony >>> Archangel of Thune Assemble the Entmoot >>> Parallel Lives Galadriel, Gift-Giver >>> Anointed Procession

Another suggestion for this deck is a new card from this set called Call of the Ring. It helps Frodo get to 2 tempts pretty quickly if you play it turn 2, frodo turn 3, and turn 4 you'll have 2 tempts. It also draws you an extra card whenever you get tempted, so in a way it doubles Frodo's draws

Glad to see the deck upgrades. I'm going to build this deck but I am strictly trying to make this a very flavorful LoTR deck. There are some cards that I will add that are from other sets but glad to see that alot of people are enjoying The Hobbit Duo first and foremost

Exactly the insight I was looking for. I had 95% of this deck I was just missing a few of those upgrades

Well, now i'm hungry

This is my favorite precon of the set. Really liking the upgrades, but I may sacrifice some better synergies in favor of flavor, keeping some of the worse cards just so it is only an LoTR stuffed deck. Thanks for the input!

this looks to be the most fun deck flavor wise... pun intended. I wish that you or anyone would also try and make an upgrade guide for one of these decks with cards just from the LOTR set to keep it in universe, even if academy manufactor is so good in this precon

Something to note, if you have Cauldron Familiar in the deck with Samwise Gamgee and a sac outlet you can go infinite

I absolutely LOVE this deck! Food is such an underrated token especially with life gain.

I got this precon and with a few upgrades from the main set, the deck can be outright terrifying. One card I'd also recommend adding is Meriadoc.

Your content and production value are AMAZING!!!

You're my favorite deck building channel bro keep it up!

I used to scoff at food decks, but man, this upgrade makes the deck pretty cool. Also, figured I'd also suggest squeezing Marionette Master in here. It'll definitely make your opponents sweat when you start sacrificing food tokens.

Correction: at 16:17 Sylvan Offering is Not in the Precon Deck. It was replaced by Path to Exile.

Love the changes! The one card I’m surprised didn’t get mentioned is Disciple of the Vault. I thought it would be a shoe-in given the sheer volume of food tokens this deck can make, coupled with its low cost mana and price-wise

I was thinking about getting this precon and I just saw this vid. Thanks Graz!

I’m excited to finally weaponize food! Love the suggestions! The game plan seems like life gain and small drain effects. Fun stuff!

Hopefully once you finish upgrading all the precons we can see a Shelob, Child of Ungoliant deck tech!!!

Thank you for this upgrade video! I love this precon, so you have earned my sub!

I love the Hobbits, they genuinely feel like the most lore appropriate part of the set.

Great guide as always! Hosts of Mordor will be an interesting guide to watch since the primary commander [[Sauron, Lord of the Rings]] is more a reanimator strategy but for 9 CMC while the secondary commander [[Saruman, the White Hand]] is more spellslinger/orc tribal. To add an extra twist, it does not come in the precon but [[Sauron, the Dark Lord]] comes out in the LTR set and is fighting for a top spot with how good it is! I may put the Dark lord as my commander, not certain yet!

Excited to try slotting the new "Nuka-cola Vending Machine" in this list. Still considering what gets cut though.

I like how you keep the theme of the upgrades to LotR, while working on making more synergystic changes. Cheers

Fantastic episode! Love how easy to understand your builds are. Hoping for a Riders of Rohan precon upgrade next! (Torn between choosing this precon or that)

yoooo no way already dropped the upgrade vid sick

My favorite of the precons. Wish Aragorn, the Uniter was a precon

It would be really cool to have a "flavouful" upgrade guide to pair with flavourful sets like this one in the future! Nonetheless, great video :)

Yes! Ive been looking forward to this one🎉

Thanks for the video! Love that many of the upgrades have also used LoTR art cards too - trying to keep the deck upgrade to be 100% new art is challenging but ok that I don’t mind if it’s not too upgraded 😊

Really nice upgrades. I would put marionette master instead of Nykthos Paragon imo. 4 life loss each time you crack a food token is nice.

Be sure to use the Shelob food tokens, makes devour food much funnier.

love your videos. Thank you a lot

I added “Almost perfect” to the deck. Everyone wants to kill Sam well now he’s indestructible and is a 9/10

I'd be so intrigued to see what adjustments you would do to the deck with the new Wilds of Eldraine food cards.

7 months later, I kicked the like rock to 1K. That was a satisfying button press 🙂

Another great video! Your videos are absolutely amazing!!! ❤❤❤

I think food poisoning is an interesting concept, i never once see anyone in the LotR movies using hand sanitizer.

Nice work!

Always love the content!! Would love to see an attempt at an upgrade for Cute-Brute... I always love how your videos have such a great balance of flavor/power!

Path to exile is already in the deck

Yeah this deck is awesome just makes the most food. I love it

Not bad but the food can be weaponised even more with adding Jaheira, Friend of the Forest to the deck which will speed up so many of the win conditions. For example Mirkwood bats + Academy Mnaufactor on the board. Stockpile the food/clue/treasure so you can tap x = 10 for Farmer cotton and generate 10 food/treasure/clues from Academy Manufactor + 10 halfing tokens = 40 damage to each opponent. Agent of the Iron throne as well, coupled with sac'ing clue tokens and the mana to do so with Jaheira is very powerful due to double commanders.

Notable additions for win cons would be marionette master, nadirrs nightblade, and mirkwood bats. Jaheira makes all the food tap for green.

Thank you for this!

Love your vids Grazzet!

Food voltron is fun and thats kinda how I have been playing it so far

Path to Exile is already in the Precon, right? As I have seen in the decklists

this is such a cool precon, game objects go brrrrr

Cool Video :) Is the food and fellowship also playable in Duell/ French Commander?

Love it!!

It would probably just be to convoluted to do, but I want to add Attractions to this deck and have Swinging Ship. That way we can refer to additional combat steps as "second breakfast" 😁

Wait, new Grazzet vid already?! Didn't we just have one? Smells like yet another Dina, Stew Steeper deck; she combos with a hand sandwich as is. I think for new players or folks that like to try a ton of different things, Grazz is the one to follow. I've often taken a Grazz build and morphed it into something far scarier

Love your videos! They have got me back to magic after 20 years and helped me break into commander. I was wondering why you set the base deck price at only $30? At my game store they were $60 and even on Amazon they are $52 a piece if you order all 4. Anyway, keep up the content. You rock man!

Don't forget Battles in your Deck Content Summary just after "0 Planeswalkers"!

Thoughts on "Agent of the Iron Throne"? Considering you'll have 2 commanders and various different ways of sacrificing lots of artifacts at once, I'd imagine that could take all your opponents' life totals down pretty fast. And, as a slightly stranger suggestion, "Tayam, Luminous Enigma"? It's probably not the ideal card but I happen to own one and I'm wondering if it's worth adding, considering the low mana curve and the fact that a lot of the creatures enter with counters on already.

Very good upgrade! Hope you can do one of the Riders of Rohan precon, but going the Monarch way with ARagorn as commander :)

Fun I’m giving this a go!

I am unsure if I am missing something but I am going through my pre-con and path to exile is already in here and I can't find some other cards? Am I missing something?

Nice, tis one of the precons I'm buying. I REALLY want to keep it a strictly LotR deck, but sacrifices might have to be made. I also feel like Merry and Pippin m8ght be better than Frodo/Sam?

Can't wait for the Commander Masters' lists. I think you could make probably 3 videos out of the Enchantment commander ALONE! With strategies still not touched! (honest, i think all of the LOTR precons are super weak and boring)

Gyome, Master Chef has not sky rocketed in price for some reason, don't know if it's because of this deck

Salmon Frodo

1st here super excited about the LOTR MAGIC

Would love a riders of Rohan video!

This deck looked pretty strong outside of the box already and this will probably perform pretty consistently

thanks for the tips

Wouldn't Archangel of Thune's ability only proc once per food token. Looking at Gatherer it seems like it only procs per "life gain event" not per life.

If I wanted to slot in Witch of the Moors, Nadier’s Nightblade, Cauldron Familiar and Disciple of the Vault what would be your recommendations for swaps? I like the idea of using my food as damage and would rather lean into that.

I think the deck needs more ways to be tempted in order for Frodo to draw that card. But that’s just me?

You included Sylvan Offering in the cut list but Sylvan Offering isn’t included in the precon

17:57 isn't path of exile already in the precon?

Do you think combining this precon and strixhavens weatherbloom would be good? If so could you maybe make a deck id love to see that

Path of exile is already in the deck

What do you think about the cauldron familiar combo with sam (the one whit kids on the art) and viscera seer? Is it more cEDH the deck if i am considering it?

Why does Archangel of Thune give +3/+3 for every food token cracked? I'm pretty sure it counts as a single life gain and you can only put +1/+1 on all creatures, sounds broken otherwise

So i live in Britain and for some reason sylvian offering has already been replaced with path to exile. Like it's already there

I thought path to exile was already in this precon?? Either way great upgrade video!!

i upgradde my deck with your changes, excep pararel lives and anoited procession. yesterday bought a set boster of eldrain collection and I got a necropotence, an ashiok, how would you see that combo in this deck when it can generate many lives?

It seems like I may have gotten a print error in my copy of the deck. Instead of a Sylvan Offering, I got a Path to Exile in the box. Not complaining, but I doubt everyone who got an error was so lucky

With all the Upgrades you mentioned I’m starting to believe that Merry and Pippin could be the better commander partners for this deck

Is there a non-foil or nonextended art version of Gyome, Master Chef?

i mean scurry oak absolutely has a place in the 99 next to rosie cottonwood..right??

How about adding doubling season in there?

No Felidar Sovereign?! What are we even doing here?

Number 15

Im looking at adding viscera seer and cauldron familiar to make the combo with samwise, what would you recommend cutting to add them?

I would ad marionnette master, perfect in this deck and maybe return from the wild instead of nature's lore

Are they both in the command zone because I am curious of how the color identity works with these two

not sure if 35 lands is enough the deck is super mana-hungry for food and other triggers

This decklist is inaccurate sadly, but I do like the upgrades that are actually in the pack

Sylvan Offering is actually in this deck. Just bought it and following this upgrade guide. Doesnt exist.

First off just wanna say Big fan Grazzet, love your content and I wanted to mention Chatterfang is disgusting with all the token generation going on with this deck ❤

Path to exile is already in the precon

I may be bad at math but isnt 37+8+8+5+9+35= 102? So about 2 cards over but otherwise i loved the build!

Got the deck today and Sylvan Offering wasn't in the deck also Path to Exile was already in it. Did anyone else have this happen to?

qual vao ser os comandantes para o deck ? sou BR

Compensa comprar esse upgrade ?

Wish he used his speaking voice instead of a voice program

No Dina?

Se puder me explicar qual o objetivo desse upgrade e oque ele vai mudar essencialmente e oque ele vai melhorar