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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
#19,714
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 0.09
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. Along the Crooked Way 54 %+53.2 %
  2. Nasty End 53 %+50.3 %
  3. Tormod, the Desecrator 51 %+48.5 %
  4. Viscera Seer 65 %+47.4 %
  5. Desecrated Tomb 49 %+46.7 %
  6. Zulaport Cutthroat 70 %+46.4 %
  7. Village Rites 72 %+46.1 %
  8. Midnight Reaper 53 %+44.6 %
  9. Pitiless Plunderer 65 %+44.5 %
  10. Bastion of Remembrance 60 %+43.1 %
  11. Stir Up Trouble 42 %+41.4 %
  12. Ashnod's Altar 60 %+40.2 %
  13. Gollum, Patient Plotter 40 %+38.6 %
  14. Pawn of Ulamog 49 %+38.5 %
  15. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk 40 %+38.5 %
  16. Carrion Feeder 51 %+38.5 %
  17. Open the Graves 42 %+38.4 %
  18. My Precious 42 %+38.2 %
  19. Morbid Opportunist 63 %+38.1 %
  20. Deadly Dispute 65 %+37.6 %
  21. Undead Hand Ninja 35 %+34.1 %
  22. Accursed Marauder 56 %+33.4 %
  23. Black Market 53 %+33.3 %
  24. Grim Haruspex 42 %+33.2 %
  25. Bone Splinters 35 %+33.1 %
  26. Ghoulish Procession 35 %+31.7 %
  27. Undying Malice 42 %+31.5 %
  28. Panharmonicon 33 %+31.0 %
  29. Bontu's Monument 58 %+29.8 %
  30. Teval's Judgment 30 %+28.0 %
  31. Grim Reaper's Scythe 28 %+27.2 %
  32. Gollum, Riddle Master 28 %+26.9 %
  33. Night's Whisper 51 %+25.3 %
  34. Bloodghast 37 %+24.2 %
  35. Blood Artist 56 %+24.1 %
  36. Syr Konrad, the Grim 44 %+24.0 %
  37. Vindictive Vampire 26 %+23.3 %
  38. Supernatural Stamina 30 %+22.5 %
  39. Prized Statue 23 %+22.1 %
  40. Ophiomancer 40 %+21.9 %
  41. Skeleton Crew 23 %+21.9 %
  42. Ichor Wellspring 23 %+21.4 %
  43. Solemn Simulacrum 42 %+21.3 %
  44. Unearth 30 %+21.2 %
  45. Ayara, First of Locthwain 47 %+20.9 %
  46. Robot Domination 21 %+19.5 %
  47. Marionette Apprentice 30 %+19.5 %
  48. Diabolic Intent 35 %+19.4 %
  49. Gravecrawler 35 %+19.1 %
  50. Not Dead After All 30 %+18.9 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 95 %-0.1 %
  2. Sol Ring 86 %+0.7 %
  3. Village Rites 72 %+46.1 %
  4. Zulaport Cutthroat 70 %+46.4 %
  5. Deadly Dispute 65 %+37.6 %
  6. Arcane Signet 65 %+3.6 %
  7. Viscera Seer 65 %+47.4 %
  8. Pitiless Plunderer 65 %+44.5 %
  9. Jet Medallion 63 %+0.9 %
  10. Morbid Opportunist 63 %+38.1 %
  11. Ashnod's Altar 60 %+40.2 %
  12. Dark Ritual 60 %-7.0 %
  13. Bastion of Remembrance 60 %+43.1 %
  14. Bontu's Monument 58 %+29.8 %
  15. Blood Artist 56 %+24.1 %
  16. Accursed Marauder 56 %+33.4 %
  17. Along the Crooked Way 54 %+53.2 %
  18. Black Market 53 %+33.3 %
  19. Nasty End 53 %+50.3 %
  20. Midnight Reaper 53 %+44.6 %
  21. Tormod, the Desecrator 51 %+48.5 %
  22. Carrion Feeder 51 %+38.5 %
  23. Night's Whisper 51 %+25.3 %
  24. Pawn of Ulamog 49 %+38.5 %
  25. Desecrated Tomb 49 %+46.7 %
  26. Ayara, First of Locthwain 47 %+20.9 %
  27. Toxic Deluge 47 %+9.6 %
  28. Syr Konrad, the Grim 44 %+24.0 %
  29. Feed the Swarm 44 %-6.0 %
  30. Stir Up Trouble 42 %+41.4 %
  31. Grim Haruspex 42 %+33.2 %
  32. Solemn Simulacrum 42 %+21.3 %
  33. Undying Malice 42 %+31.5 %
  34. Victimize 42 %+13.7 %
  35. My Precious 42 %+38.2 %
  36. Open the Graves 42 %+38.4 %
  37. Gollum, Patient Plotter 40 %+38.6 %
  38. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk 40 %+38.5 %
  39. Reanimate 40 %-1.6 %
  40. Reliquary Tower 40 %+10.8 %
  41. Ophiomancer 40 %+21.9 %
  42. Tragic Slip 37 %+18.7 %
  43. Bloodghast 37 %+24.2 %
  44. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 37 %-13.1 %
  45. Phyrexian Tower 37 %+10.4 %
  46. Undead Hand Ninja 35 %+34.1 %
  47. Culling the Weak 35 %+16.1 %
  48. Diabolic Intent 35 %+19.4 %
  49. Bone Splinters 35 %+33.1 %
  50. Skullclamp 35 %+12.3 %

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 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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