Farmer Cotton is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
When this creature enters, create X 1/1 white Halfling creature tokens and X Food tokens. (They're artifacts with ",
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
How it works : Farmer Cotton
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Farmer Cotton + Samwise Gamgee + Academy Manufactor + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable. - 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it and Samwise trigger.
- 3Resolve the Farmer Cotton trigger, creating two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens and two Food, two Clue and two Treasure artifact tokens.
- 4Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food, a Clue and a Treasure artifact token.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Farmer Cotton, adding
. - 6If Farmer Cotton is your commander, choose not to return it to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 7Activate Samwise by sacrificing the three Foods, returning Farmer Cotton to your hand from your graveyard.
- 8Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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#2
Farmer Cotton + Samwise Gamgee + Academy Manufactor + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it and Samwise trigger.
- 3Resolve the Farmer Cotton trigger, creating two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens and two Food, two Clue and two Treasure artifact tokens.
- 4Resolve the Samwise trigger, creating a Food, a Clue and a Treasure artifact token.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Farmer Cotton, adding .
- 6If Farmer Cotton is your commander, choose not to return it to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 7Activate Samwise by sacrificing the three Foods, returning Farmer Cotton to your hand from your graveyard.
- 8Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
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#3
Farmer Cotton + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Academy Manufactor + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying at least plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens, two Food tokens, two Clue tokens and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate two Foods, two Clues and a Treasures by tapping them, adding .
- 4Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning Farmer Cotton from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
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#4
Farmer Cotton + Phyrexian Altar + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite colored manaInfinite colorless manaInfinite commander castsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton from the command zone by paying
plus an additional available for each time you've cast Farmer Cotton from the command zone this game. - 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens and at least two Food artifact tokens.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing the Food tokens, adding for each Food sacrificed this way.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Halfling tokens, adding plus for each Halfling sacrificed beyond the first two.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Farmer Cotton, adding .
- 6Choose to return Farmer Cotton to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Farmer Cotton + Cloudstone Curio + Academy Manufactor + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand from the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Farmer Cotton trigger, creating two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens and two Food, two Clue and two Treasure artifact tokens.
- 5When the Halflings enter the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers twice.
- 6Resolve the first trigger, returning Farmer Cotton to your hand from the battlefield.
- 7Resolve the second trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand from the battlefield.
- 8Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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#6
Farmer Cotton + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Academy Manufactor + Meticulous Excavation
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying at least plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least three 1/1 Halfling creature tokens, three Food tokens, three Clue tokens and three Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate three Foods and three Clues by tapping them, adding six .
- 4Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 5Activate Meticulous Excavation by paying , returning Farmer Cotton from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
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#7
Farmer Cotton + Cloudstone Curio + Academy Manufactor + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand from the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Farmer Cotton trigger, creating two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens and two Food, two Clue and two Treasure artifact tokens.
- 5When the Halflings enter the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers twice.
- 6Resolve the first trigger, returning Farmer Cotton to your hand from the battlefield.
- 7Resolve the second trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand from the battlefield.
- 8Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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#8
Farmer Cotton + A Realm Reborn + Academy Manufactor + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Farmer Cotton either from your hand or from the command zone by paying at least plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Farmer Cotton enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least two 1/1 Halfling creature tokens, two Food tokens, two Clue tokens and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate two Foods, two Clues and two Treasures by tapping them, adding .
- 4Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning Farmer Cotton from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
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Legal formats
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