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Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
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Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)

At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

He hated the Ring and loved it, as he hated and loved himself.

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Skulk
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC #109)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2023-06-23
Artist
John Di Giovanni
EDHREC rank
#5,026
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
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 0.44
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 2

Volcano Hellion+Lich's Mirror+Gollum, Obsessed Stalker+Oubliette
{B}{R}
Infinite lifeloss for target opponent
Volcano Hellion+Lich's Mirror+Gollum, Obsessed Stalker+The Moment
{B}{R}
Infinite lifeloss for target opponent

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

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

  1. Crypt Incursion 77 %+74.4 %
  2. Blood Tithe 71 %+69.7 %
  3. Exsanguinate 91 %+66.0 %
  4. Creeping Bloodsucker 69 %+64.8 %
  5. Nighthawk Scavenger 67 %+62.0 %
  6. Twilight Prophet 67 %+61.6 %
  7. Consuming Corruption 73 %+57.7 %
  8. Erebos's Intervention 59 %+57.5 %
  9. Shard of the Nightbringer 58 %+54.6 %
  10. Vampire Nighthawk 60 %+54.5 %
  11. Tendrils of Corruption 57 %+53.8 %
  12. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 64 %+53.2 %
  13. Access Tunnel 55 %+52.1 %
  14. Noxious Gearhulk 57 %+50.5 %
  15. Thrull Parasite 51 %+49.6 %
  16. Syphon Soul 48 %+47.8 %
  17. Sanguine Bond 59 %+47.6 %
  18. Witch of the Moors 51 %+47.4 %
  19. Pristine Talisman 49 %+47.3 %
  20. Dread Presence 60 %+47.0 %
  21. Basilica Screecher 49 %+46.8 %
  22. March of Wretched Sorrow 46 %+44.2 %
  23. Well of Lost Dreams 45 %+43.1 %
  24. Pontiff of Blight 46 %+42.9 %
  25. Enduring Tenacity 51 %+42.8 %
  26. Qarsi Revenant 46 %+40.5 %
  27. Radiant Fountain 42 %+40.0 %
  28. Bilbo's Ring 40 %+40.0 %
  29. Alhammarret's Archive 44 %+40.0 %
  30. Gifted Aetherborn 43 %+39.5 %
  31. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 90 %+39.4 %
  32. Rogue's Passage 58 %+38.5 %
  33. Marauding Blight-Priest 45 %+37.6 %
  34. Staff of the Death Magus 39 %+35.7 %
  35. Sangromancer 46 %+35.5 %
  36. Demon's Horn 40 %+35.4 %
  37. Prism Ring 37 %+35.0 %
  38. Scheming Silvertongue 40 %+34.1 %
  39. Veinwitch Coven 35 %+32.7 %
  40. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 51 %+31.3 %
  41. Night's Whisper 56 %+30.7 %
  42. Tavern Swindler 30 %+29.9 %
  43. Call of the Ring 32 %+29.8 %
  44. Bloodletter of Aclazotz 40 %+29.2 %
  45. Corrupt 30 %+28.0 %
  46. Exquisite Blood 41 %+27.5 %
  47. Defiling Daemogoth 29 %+27.3 %
  48. Swiftfoot Boots 58 %+26.9 %
  49. Sign in Blood 62 %+26.9 %
  50. Phyrexian Arena 65 %+25.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 96 %+0.8 %
  2. Exsanguinate 91 %+66.0 %
  3. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 90 %+39.4 %
  4. Sol Ring 84 %-1.7 %
  5. Crypt Incursion 77 %+74.4 %
  6. Consuming Corruption 73 %+57.7 %
  7. Blood Tithe 71 %+69.7 %
  8. Crypt Ghast 70 %+22.7 %
  9. Creeping Bloodsucker 69 %+64.8 %
  10. Feed the Swarm 67 %+17.1 %
  11. Twilight Prophet 67 %+61.6 %
  12. Nighthawk Scavenger 67 %+62.0 %
  13. Phyrexian Arena 65 %+25.8 %
  14. Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose 64 %+53.2 %
  15. Dark Ritual 63 %-4.1 %
  16. Arcane Signet 62 %+1.0 %
  17. Jet Medallion 62 %+0.2 %
  18. Sign in Blood 62 %+26.9 %
  19. Dread Presence 60 %+47.0 %
  20. Vampire Nighthawk 60 %+54.5 %
  21. Erebos's Intervention 59 %+57.5 %
  22. Sanguine Bond 59 %+47.6 %
  23. Swiftfoot Boots 58 %+26.9 %
  24. Shard of the Nightbringer 58 %+54.6 %
  25. Rogue's Passage 58 %+38.5 %
  26. Noxious Gearhulk 57 %+50.5 %
  27. Tendrils of Corruption 57 %+53.8 %
  28. Night's Whisper 56 %+30.7 %
  29. Access Tunnel 55 %+52.1 %
  30. Lightning Greaves 54 %+20.2 %
  31. Cabal Coffers 54 %-0.9 %
  32. Thrull Parasite 51 %+49.6 %
  33. Witch of the Moors 51 %+47.4 %
  34. Enduring Tenacity 51 %+42.8 %
  35. K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth 51 %+31.3 %
  36. Pristine Talisman 49 %+47.3 %
  37. Basilica Screecher 49 %+46.8 %
  38. Syphon Soul 48 %+47.8 %
  39. Bojuka Bog 47 %0.0 %
  40. Pontiff of Blight 46 %+42.9 %
  41. Sangromancer 46 %+35.5 %
  42. Qarsi Revenant 46 %+40.5 %
  43. March of Wretched Sorrow 46 %+44.2 %
  44. Marauding Blight-Priest 45 %+37.6 %
  45. Well of Lost Dreams 45 %+43.1 %
  46. Toxic Deluge 44 %+7.6 %
  47. Defile 44 %+9.1 %
  48. Alhammarret's Archive 44 %+40.0 %
  49. Gifted Aetherborn 43 %+39.5 %
  50. Radiant Fountain 42 %+40.0 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16

    Gollum, Obsessed Stalker's last ability counts players who were dealt combat damage by any creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker. It doesn't matter who controlled those creatures.

  • 2023-06-16

    Gollum, Obsessed Stalker's last ability counts the total amount of life you gained without taking into account any life you lost during that turn. For example, if you gained 3 life and lost 3 life earlier in the turn, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses 3 life.

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