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Gollum, Riddle Master
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Gollum, Riddle Master

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

As Gollum enters, choose odd or even. (Zero is even.)

Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value of the chosen quality, choose one that hasn't been chosen —

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Gollum.

• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

• Draw a card.

3 / 1

Set
The Hobbit (HOB #241)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
2
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Tyler Jacobson
EDHREC rank
#17,810
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. My Precious 64 %+61.9 %
  2. Gollum the Abandoned 60 %+59.5 %
  3. Gollum, Patient Plotter 47 %+46.6 %
  4. Gollum, Scheming Guide 45 %+44.6 %
  5. Feign Death 52 %+43.2 %
  6. Gollum, Silent Slinker 41 %+40.6 %
  7. Unearth 49 %+40.0 %
  8. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 38 %+37.7 %
  9. Not Dead After All 47 %+36.1 %
  10. Supernatural Stamina 42 %+34.7 %
  11. Undying Malice 44 %+33.6 %
  12. Fake Your Own Death 39 %+31.7 %
  13. Nasty End 34 %+31.2 %
  14. Call of the Ring 32 %+29.6 %
  15. The Sackville-Bagginses 28 %+27.0 %
  16. Braids, Arisen Nightmare 46 %+26.8 %
  17. Claim the Precious 27 %+26.6 %
  18. Morbid Opportunist 51 %+26.3 %
  19. Kaya's Ghostform 36 %+25.8 %
  20. Viscera Seer 41 %+23.6 %
  21. Deadly Dispute 51 %+23.5 %
  22. Pitiless Plunderer 43 %+23.4 %
  23. Victimize 51 %+22.9 %
  24. Bastion of Remembrance 39 %+22.2 %
  25. Gollum's Bite 22 %+21.9 %
  26. High Market 29 %+20.8 %
  27. Helm of the Host 22 %+20.7 %
  28. Zulaport Cutthroat 43 %+20.4 %
  29. Hobbit Hole 20 %+19.4 %
  30. The Master of Lake-town 22 %+19.2 %
  31. Bilbo's Deadly Slice 20 %+19.0 %
  32. Fleshbag Marauder 35 %+18.9 %
  33. Grim Haruspex 27 %+18.7 %
  34. Village Rites 44 %+18.3 %
  35. Grave Researcher 26 %+18.1 %
  36. The Torment of Gollum 17 %+16.9 %
  37. The One Ring 26 %+16.4 %
  38. Bilbo's Ring 17 %+16.2 %
  39. Dread Return 28 %+15.9 %
  40. Stir Up Trouble 16 %+15.8 %
  41. Gríma Wormtongue 16 %+15.6 %
  42. Conjurer's Closet 18 %+15.6 %
  43. Barad-dûr 19 %+15.5 %
  44. Pain 101 16 %+14.7 %
  45. Go for the Throat 37 %+14.4 %
  46. Corrupted Conviction 27 %+14.4 %
  47. Along the Crooked Way 15 %+14.3 %
  48. Malakir Rebirth 38 %+14.2 %
  49. Malakir Rebirth 38 %+14.2 %
  50. Reanimate 55 %+14.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.6 %
  2. Sol Ring 81 %-4.6 %
  3. Dark Ritual 66 %-1.2 %
  4. My Precious 64 %+61.9 %
  5. Arcane Signet 61 %-0.8 %
  6. Gollum the Abandoned 60 %+59.5 %
  7. Feed the Swarm 60 %+9.8 %
  8. Bojuka Bog 59 %+11.9 %
  9. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 59 %+8.9 %
  10. Jet Medallion 58 %-4.5 %
  11. Reanimate 55 %+14.2 %
  12. Feign Death 52 %+43.2 %
  13. Victimize 51 %+22.9 %
  14. Deadly Dispute 51 %+23.5 %
  15. Morbid Opportunist 51 %+26.3 %
  16. Unearth 49 %+40.0 %
  17. Gollum, Patient Plotter 47 %+46.6 %
  18. Not Dead After All 47 %+36.1 %
  19. Braids, Arisen Nightmare 46 %+26.8 %
  20. Toxic Deluge 45 %+8.6 %
  21. Gollum, Scheming Guide 45 %+44.6 %
  22. Village Rites 44 %+18.3 %
  23. Undying Malice 44 %+33.6 %
  24. Pitiless Plunderer 43 %+23.4 %
  25. Zulaport Cutthroat 43 %+20.4 %
  26. Supernatural Stamina 42 %+34.7 %
  27. Cabal Coffers 41 %-13.4 %
  28. Gollum, Silent Slinker 41 %+40.6 %
  29. Blood Artist 41 %+9.4 %
  30. Viscera Seer 41 %+23.6 %
  31. Fake Your Own Death 39 %+31.7 %
  32. Bastion of Remembrance 39 %+22.2 %
  33. Exsanguinate 38 %+13.6 %
  34. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 38 %+37.7 %
  35. Malakir Rebirth 38 %+14.2 %
  36. Malakir Rebirth 38 %+14.2 %
  37. Defile 37 %+2.1 %
  38. Go for the Throat 37 %+14.4 %
  39. Ayara, First of Locthwain 36 %+11.4 %
  40. Kaya's Ghostform 36 %+25.8 %
  41. Crypt Ghast 36 %-11.0 %
  42. Fleshbag Marauder 35 %+18.9 %
  43. Witch's Cottage 35 %+10.4 %
  44. Nasty End 34 %+31.2 %
  45. Night's Whisper 33 %+8.0 %
  46. Phyrexian Arena 33 %-5.9 %
  47. Call of the Ring 32 %+29.6 %
  48. Sign in Blood 32 %-3.1 %
  49. Accursed Marauder 32 %+9.9 %
  50. Skullclamp 31 %+9.0 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Not legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2026-06-29

    If all three modes have been chosen, Gollum's triggered ability is removed from the stack with no effect, but Gollum remains on the battlefield.

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