Sam, Faithful Companion (1R310)
 Rosie Cotton, Hobbiton Lass (1U309)
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Sam, Son of Hamfast (1C311) 
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| Set: | Fellowship of the Ring | ||
| Kind: | Free Peoples | ||
| Culture: | Shire | ||
| Twilight: | 2 | ||
| Card Type: | Companion • Hobbit | ||
| Strength: | 3 | ||
| Vitality: | 4 | ||
| Resistance: | 5 | ||
| Game Text: | Fellowship: Play Bill the Pony from your draw deck. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5). | ||
| Lore: | “‘Mr. Frodo's not going anywhere without me!'” | ||
| Rarity: | R | ||
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General Strategy
Hearkening a card that would not be released until the Mines of Moria expansion (although a promotional copy was also available), Sam, Faithful Companion can tutor the site twilight number reducing Bill the Pony from the draw deck. With two copies of Bill the Pony in the draw deck, the Free Peoples player could usually ensure having one available for sites 2-4 and sites 7-9 (As long as they are not both drawn very early). With Bill the Pony X-listed in Movie Block, Sam, Faithful Companion only offers a boon in Fellowship Block, Towers Standard and Expanded formats.
The Frodo signet allows access to Frodo's Pipe, Dear Friends recycling, and skirmish wounding of Mind Your Own Affairs and No Use That Way, though in later blocks Sam, Frodo's Gardener and Sam, Resolute Halfling offer significantly more while also possessing the Frodo signet. Like all Pre-shadows versions of Sam, this character is Ring-Bound and can take the Ring from Frodo upon the latter's death.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strong Versus...
- Expensive minions
- Seen primarily in Choke Decks
- Frodo signet allows access to Frodo's Pipe, Dear Friends recycling, and skirmish wounding of Mind Your Own Affairs and No Use That Way
Weak Versus...
- Useless in formats where Bill the Pony is X-listed
- Helpless
- Underground sites
- Does not offer as much utility as Sam, Son of Hamfast or Sam, Proper Poet
Example Decks
Fellowship Block "A Promise" Choke Deck by ket_the_jet
Starting Fellowship Ring-bearer: Frodo, Old Bilbo's Heir Ring: The One Ring, Isildur's Bane 1x Gimli, Dwarf of the Mountain-race 1x Sam, Faithful Companion
Free Peoples Draw Deck 1x Aragorn, Ranger of the North 1x Thrarin, Dwarven Smith 1x Bilbo, Well-spoken Gentlehobbit 1x Bounder 1x Filibert Bolger, Wily Rascal 1x Rosie Cotton, Hobbiton Lass 1x Dwarven Armor 1x Dwarven Axe 1x Gimli's Helm 1x Hand Axe 2x Bill the Pony 1x Hobbit Sword 1x Sting 1x Mithril-coat 2x Hobbit Intuition 2x Hobbit Stealth 1x Greatest Kingdom of My People 2x Till Durin Wakes Again 4x A Promise 1x A Talent for Not Being Seen 1x Consorting With Wizards 1x O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! 1x There and Back Again 2x Three Monstrous Trolls
Extra Information
Other Versions of Sam
- Steadfast Friend (P)
- Lover of Trees (W)
- Son of Hamfast
- Proper Poet
- Proper Poet (M)
- Frodo's Gardener
- Samwise the Brave
- Nice Sensible Hobbit
- Needer of Vittles
- Resolute Halfling
- Great Elf Warrior
- Great Elf Warrior (T)
- Steadfast Friend
- Bearer of Great Need
- Bearer of Great Need (T)
- Bearer of Great Need (F)
- Innocent Traveler
- Loyal Friend
