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Gollum the Abandoned
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Gollum the Abandoned

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

Gollum can't block.

When Gollum enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.

{2}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

"Where iss it? Losst it is, my precious!"

2 / 2

Set
The Hobbit (HOB #72)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
2
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Andrea Piparo
EDHREC rank
#22,028
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
Recursion

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. Desecrated Tomb 61 %+59.1 %
  2. Along the Crooked Way 59 %+58.6 %
  3. Tormod, the Desecrator 61 %+58.6 %
  4. Midnight Reaper 65 %+56.1 %
  5. Nasty End 55 %+51.7 %
  6. Pawn of Ulamog 61 %+51.3 %
  7. Zulaport Cutthroat 74 %+51.2 %
  8. Pitiless Plunderer 71 %+50.9 %
  9. Black Market 71 %+50.7 %
  10. Bastion of Remembrance 65 %+47.3 %
  11. Viscera Seer 65 %+47.2 %
  12. Stir Up Trouble 46 %+45.5 %
  13. Village Rites 71 %+45.4 %
  14. Ashnod's Altar 65 %+44.7 %
  15. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk 45 %+44.0 %
  16. Morbid Opportunist 68 %+43.5 %
  17. Accursed Marauder 65 %+42.6 %
  18. Open the Graves 45 %+42.0 %
  19. Undead Hand Ninja 42 %+41.1 %
  20. Deadly Dispute 68 %+40.8 %
  21. My Precious 42 %+39.7 %
  22. Carrion Feeder 52 %+39.6 %
  23. Undying Malice 48 %+38.1 %
  24. Bone Splinters 39 %+36.9 %
  25. Grim Haruspex 45 %+36.6 %
  26. Bontu's Monument 65 %+36.6 %
  27. Teval's Judgment 35 %+33.3 %
  28. Ghoulish Procession 35 %+32.3 %
  29. Grim Reaper's Scythe 32 %+31.5 %
  30. Solemn Simulacrum 52 %+30.8 %
  31. Panharmonicon 32 %+30.7 %
  32. Gollum, Patient Plotter 29 %+28.2 %
  33. Ophiomancer 45 %+27.7 %
  34. Ichor Wellspring 29 %+27.1 %
  35. Gravecrawler 42 %+26.8 %
  36. Ayara, First of Locthwain 52 %+26.6 %
  37. Tragic Slip 45 %+26.4 %
  38. Bloodghast 39 %+26.0 %
  39. Fleshbag Marauder 42 %+25.4 %
  40. Syr Konrad, the Grim 45 %+25.1 %
  41. Woe Strider 29 %+24.7 %
  42. Prized Statue 26 %+24.6 %
  43. Skeleton Crew 26 %+24.4 %
  44. Grave Researcher 32 %+24.1 %
  45. Robot Domination 26 %+24.1 %
  46. Not Dead After All 35 %+24.1 %
  47. Victimize 52 %+24.0 %
  48. Culling the Weak 42 %+23.9 %
  49. Blood Artist 55 %+23.3 %
  50. South Wind Avatar 26 %+22.7 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.4 %
  2. Sol Ring 94 %+8.2 %
  3. Zulaport Cutthroat 74 %+51.2 %
  4. Black Market 71 %+50.7 %
  5. Pitiless Plunderer 71 %+50.9 %
  6. Village Rites 71 %+45.4 %
  7. Morbid Opportunist 68 %+43.5 %
  8. Deadly Dispute 68 %+40.8 %
  9. Arcane Signet 68 %+6.3 %
  10. Bastion of Remembrance 65 %+47.3 %
  11. Dark Ritual 65 %-2.8 %
  12. Viscera Seer 65 %+47.2 %
  13. Jet Medallion 65 %+2.4 %
  14. Accursed Marauder 65 %+42.6 %
  15. Midnight Reaper 65 %+56.1 %
  16. Bontu's Monument 65 %+36.6 %
  17. Ashnod's Altar 65 %+44.7 %
  18. Tormod, the Desecrator 61 %+58.6 %
  19. Desecrated Tomb 61 %+59.1 %
  20. Pawn of Ulamog 61 %+51.3 %
  21. Along the Crooked Way 59 %+58.6 %
  22. Blood Artist 55 %+23.3 %
  23. Nasty End 55 %+51.7 %
  24. Carrion Feeder 52 %+39.6 %
  25. Ayara, First of Locthwain 52 %+26.6 %
  26. Solemn Simulacrum 52 %+30.8 %
  27. Victimize 52 %+24.0 %
  28. Undying Malice 48 %+38.1 %
  29. Stir Up Trouble 46 %+45.5 %
  30. Tragic Slip 45 %+26.4 %
  31. Night's Whisper 45 %+19.8 %
  32. Reanimate 45 %+4.3 %
  33. Open the Graves 45 %+42.0 %
  34. Syr Konrad, the Grim 45 %+25.1 %
  35. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk 45 %+44.0 %
  36. Grim Haruspex 45 %+36.6 %
  37. Ophiomancer 45 %+27.7 %
  38. Culling the Weak 42 %+23.9 %
  39. Toxic Deluge 42 %+5.1 %
  40. Feed the Swarm 42 %-8.4 %
  41. My Precious 42 %+39.7 %
  42. Undead Hand Ninja 42 %+41.1 %
  43. Fleshbag Marauder 42 %+25.4 %
  44. Gravecrawler 42 %+26.8 %
  45. Reliquary Tower 42 %+12.6 %
  46. Bone Splinters 39 %+36.9 %
  47. Bloodghast 39 %+26.0 %
  48. Skullclamp 39 %+16.3 %
  49. Reassembling Skeleton 39 %+21.1 %
  50. Not Dead After All 35 %+24.1 %

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 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

    You don't have to choose a target for Gollum's second ability. However, if you do and that target becomes illegal by the time the ability tries to resolve, it will not resolve. Each opponent will not lose 2 life.

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