Farmer Cotton

GWSelesnya{X}{G}{W}$2.65
Legendary Creature — Halfling Peasant
Farmer Cotton card art

When this creature enters, create X 1/1 white Halfling creature tokens and X Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

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How Farmer Cotton decks play in EDH

Farmer Cotton is a Selesnya commander in white and green costing XGW, and its legendary creature - halfling peasant line shapes the whole deck around it. It makes tokens, so the deck wants ways to pump a wide board and to turn spare bodies into cards or damage. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. The cards below are the ones Farmer Cotton decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.

Most-played cards

20 cards · about $93.77

Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.

Ramp (4)

The Notary Hobbits
The Notary Hobbits
$0.45
Bag End Banquet
Bag End Banquet
$6.87
Krark-Clan Ironworks
Krark-Clan Ironworks
$8.50
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
Jaheira, Friend of the Forest
$10.75

Card draw (2)

Belladonna Took
Belladonna Took
$2.98
Peregrin Took
Peregrin Took
$0.33

Removal (1)

Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares
$1.01

Creatures (7)

Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator
$8.58
Stoic Farmer
Stoic Farmer
$0.37
Bartered Cow
Bartered Cow
$0.07
First Responder
First Responder
$0.31
Rural Recruit
Rural Recruit
$0.07
Academy Manufactor
Academy Manufactor
$8.16
Samwise Gamgee
Samwise Gamgee
$1.08

Synergy & payoffs (4)

Erratic Portal
Erratic Portal
$0.81
Alley Evasion
Alley Evasion
$0.05
Food Chain
Food Chain
$33.89
Unbound Flourishing
Unbound Flourishing
$2.30

Lands (2)

Hobbit Hole
Hobbit Hole
$0.20
Sanctum of Eternity
Sanctum of Eternity
$6.99

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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Farmer Cotton decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.

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Farmer Cotton deck questions

What colours can I use in a Farmer Cotton deck?

Farmer Cotton has a Selesnya colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.

What are the best cards for Farmer Cotton?

The cards played most often in Farmer Cotton decks include Bilbo, Fellow Conspirator, The Notary Hobbits, Bag End Banquet. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.

How much does a Farmer Cotton deck cost?

The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $93.77 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.

Can I build a Farmer Cotton deck from cards I already own?

Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.

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