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Nimble Hobbit

Creature — Halfling Peasant1 generic manaWhite mana

The 1/3 body is the tell: this is a defensive stat line stapled to an aggressive ability, and the friction between those two halves is the whole point. On the surface a two-drop that taps down a blocker every combat sounds like a tempo enabler, but the attack trigger asks for a payment each time (a Food sacrifice, or 2 generic manaWhite mana), so the tap is never free and never automatic. That cost structure ties the card to a Food-generating engine rather than to raw aggression; without a stack of Food tokens to feed it, the ability leans on a color-intensive activation that competes with the rest of the curve. What it actually does is neutralize the single biggest blocker in the way, opening a lane for a wider board, which makes it a support piece for a go-wide plan more than a threat on its own. The tap targets a creature an opponent controls, so it does nothing against planeswalkers or empty boards, and it fires on attack, meaning the value is gated behind committing this fragile body to combat every turn you want the effect. It reads as a Halfling-and-Food payoff first, a beater a distant second.

Nimble Hobbit (ltr)
LTR · #23common
Pricing
Normal: $0.10
Foil: $0.16
Oracle Text

Rules text

Whenever this creature attacks, you may sacrifice a Food or pay 2 generic manaWhite mana. When you do, tap target creature an opponent controls.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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