The origin and motivations of Tom Bombadil They have always been a great mystery for followers of The Lord of the Rings. A nice character with a hat, short, fond of singing and who lives in a house next to the hill between the Old Forest and the Quebradas de los Túmulos. However, the greatest peculiarity of him is that he is not affected in any way by the powers of the One Ring.
JRR Tolkien shaped a being that is neither corrupted nor rendered invisible upon contact with the cursed object. Theories about his nature have been constant, but it has never been clear who he is and we didn’t even see him in the Peter Jackson movies. Still, Wizards of the Coast has embarked on the adventure of offering its own answer.
It will be through Tales from Middle-earth, the promising expansion that Magic: The Gathering will have starting in June with the literary franchise. If we take a look at the character card, we can read that he is described as a “god bard” and a “legendary creature”. Thus, everything indicates that it is an entity that goes far beyond the mortals that populate the fantasy realm.
It’s not like a huge context was created for it, either, as most of the text is used to describe what it can do in a Bombadil game. This is how Ovidio Cartagena, the company’s senior artistic director, explains it to Dicebreaker.
“There are a lot of theories. Let’s just say with the type of creature, I think we affirmed what we think Tom Bombadil is. I love that we were able to include Bombadil. We wanted to give him a Da Vinci feel. Omniscient, perfect and intelligent.”
If we use its power well, Bombadil will be virtually spell immune, while his Song of Bombadil card grants +1/+1 and hex resistance to a creature. In turn, there is the beginning of the character’s song that we could read in Tolkien’s books.
Hello sweet! Happy sweetie! Play a don dilló!
Play a gift! jump! Willow of the fall!
Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Boom!
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