Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender 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.
Official card text
Syr Ginger has trample, hexproof, and haste as long as an opponent controls a planeswalker. Whenever another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Ginger and scry 1.,
, Sacrifice Syr Ginger: You gain life equal to its power.
Complete guide
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender is a versatile legendary artifact creature that excels at punishing opponents who rely on planeswalkers while benefiting from a deck full of artifacts. This Food Knight grows stronger with every fallen machine and offers a defensive life gain option when the kitchen gets too hot. Whether you are attacking through a planeswalker's defenses or scrying through your deck, Syr Ginger is a formidable commander or support piece.
A Knight with Many Shields
Syr Ginger's first ability is a static check of the battlefield. As long as any opponent controls at least one planeswalker, Syr Ginger gains trample, hexproof, and haste. This effect is continuous; if your opponent loses their last planeswalker, these keywords disappear immediately. Conversely, if one enters the battlefield, Syr Ginger instantly gains these abilities, allowing her to attack the same turn she was played if an opponent already has a planeswalker out.
Growing from the Scraps
The second ability is a triggered ability that triggers whenever another artifact you control is moved from the battlefield to your graveyard. This includes artifact creatures dying, artifacts being sacrificed to pay costs, or even artifact tokens being destroyed (as tokens do briefly hit the graveyard before vanishing). Each time this happens, you put a +1/+1 counter on Syr Ginger and then scry 1, allowing you to filter your next draw.
The Final Meal
Syr Ginger's final ability allows you to sacrifice her for a life gain boost. When you activate this ability, you pay two mana and tap her. The amount of life you gain is determined by her power at the moment she left the battlefield. If she had +1/+1 counters or other buffs at the time of sacrifice, those are included. Note that if her power was 0 or less, you will not gain any life.
Strategic Timing
You should prioritize playing Syr Ginger in decks where you can reliably send artifacts to the graveyard. Because her scry ability triggers separately for each artifact, she provides immense card selection during a board wipe. Use her sacrifice ability in response to exile effects or when the life gain will keep you in the game, as she cannot be brought back as easily as the non-legendary scraps she feeds on.
Interaction examples
Ornithopter of ParadiseIf you control Syr Ginger and your Ornithopter of Paradise is destroyed in combat or sacrificed, Syr Ginger's triggered ability goes on the stack. You will put a +1/+1 counter on her and scry 1. This happens even if the Ornithopter was a token version, provided it was an artifact you controlled.
Foundry InspectorWith Foundry Inspector on the battlefield, Syr Ginger only costs {1} to cast. If the Foundry Inspector is later put into the graveyard from the battlefield, Syr Ginger will trigger, receiving a +1/+1 counter and allowing you to scry 1, turning your lost utility creature into a permanent buff for your Knight.
If Syr Ginger has three +1/+1 counters on her, making her a 6/4 creature, and you activate her sacrifice ability, the game looks back at her last known information on the battlefield. You will gain 6 life, regardless of what happens to her once she is in the graveyard.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
For Syr Ginger's last ability, use its power from when it was last on the battlefield to determine how much life is gained. If that power was 0 or less, you gain no life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Samwise Gamgee + Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Gingerbrute + Academy Manufactor
- 1Cast Gingerbrute by paying
. - 2When Gingerbrute enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Activate Samwise by sacrificing Gingerbrute and the two Foods, returning Syr Ginger to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Cast Syr Ginger by paying .
- 6When Syr Ginger enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Activate Samwise by sacrificing Syr Ginger and the two Foods, returning Gingerbrute to your hand from the battlefield.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Animation Module + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another artifact creature, adding
. - 2When the creature dies, Syr Ginger triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to scry 1.
- 3Animation Module triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.
- 4Repeat.
Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Animation Module + Krark-Clan Ironworks
- 1Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing another artifact, adding .
- 2Syr Ginger triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself and causing you to scry 1.
- 3Animation Module triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Servo artifact creature token.
- 4Repeat.
Samwise Gamgee + Jaheira, Friend of the Forest + Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Gingerbrute
- 1Cast Gingerbrute by paying .
- 2When Gingerbrute enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Food tokens.
- 3Activate the two Foods by tapping them, adding
. - 4Activate Samwise by sacrificing Gingerbrute and the two Foods, returning Syr Ginger to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Cast Syr Ginger by paying .
- 6When Syr Ginger enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Food tokens.
- 7Activate the two Food tokens by tapping them, adding .
- 8Activate Samwise by sacrificing Syr Ginger and the two Foods, returning Gingerbrute to your hand from the battlefield.
Samwise Gamgee + Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Gingerbrute + Academy Manufactor
- 1Cast Gingerbrute by paying .
- 2When Gingerbrute enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Activate Samwise by sacrificing Gingerbrute and the two Foods, returning Syr Ginger to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Cast Syr Ginger by paying .
- 6When Syr Ginger enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Activate Samwise by sacrificing Syr Ginger and the two Foods, returning Gingerbrute to your hand from the battlefield.
Samwise Gamgee + Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Gingerbrute + Academy Manufactor
- 1Cast Gingerbrute by paying .
- 2When Gingerbrute enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Activate Samwise by sacrificing Gingerbrute and the two Foods, returning Syr Ginger to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Cast Syr Ginger by paying .
- 6When Syr Ginger enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Activate Samwise by sacrificing Syr Ginger and the two Foods, returning Gingerbrute to your hand from the battlefield.
Samwise Gamgee + Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Gingerbrute + Academy Manufactor
- 1Cast Gingerbrute by paying .
- 2When Gingerbrute enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Activate Samwise by sacrificing Gingerbrute and the two Foods, returning Syr Ginger to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Cast Syr Ginger by paying .
- 6When Syr Ginger enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Activate Samwise by sacrificing Syr Ginger and the two Foods, returning Gingerbrute to your hand from the battlefield.
Samwise Gamgee + Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender + Gingerbrute + Academy Manufactor
- 1Cast Gingerbrute by paying .
- 2When Gingerbrute enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Activate Samwise by sacrificing Gingerbrute and the two Foods, returning Syr Ginger to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Cast Syr Ginger by paying .
- 6When Syr Ginger enters the battlefield, Samwise triggers, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Activate Samwise by sacrificing Syr Ginger and the two Foods, returning Gingerbrute to your hand from the battlefield.
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