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Gollum, Scheming Guide
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Gollum, Scheming Guide

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

Whenever Gollum attacks, look at the top two cards of your library, put them back in any order, then choose land or nonland. An opponent guesses whether the top card of your library is the chosen kind. Reveal that card. If they guessed right, remove Gollum from combat. Otherwise, you draw a card and Gollum can't be blocked this turn.

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Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #292)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
2
Released
2023-06-23
Artist
Dmitry Burmak
EDHREC rank
#9,227
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 0.12
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. Vorpal Sword 66 %+61.8 %
  2. Blackblade Reforged 57 %+53.7 %
  3. Explorer's Scope 52 %+50.9 %
  4. Sword of the Animist 53 %+49.4 %
  5. Brass Squire 47 %+46.1 %
  6. Call of the Ring 47 %+45.2 %
  7. Lashwrithe 48 %+44.4 %
  8. Bilbo's Ring 44 %+43.5 %
  9. Nightmare Lash 45 %+43.1 %
  10. Pact Weapon 42 %+39.5 %
  11. Quietus Spike 40 %+39.3 %
  12. Claim the Precious 39 %+38.4 %
  13. Swiftfoot Boots 67 %+35.5 %
  14. Silent Arbiter 37 %+35.4 %
  15. Fireshrieker 35 %+33.2 %
  16. Liar's Pendulum 32 %+32.2 %
  17. Astarion's Thirst 34 %+32.1 %
  18. Witch-king of Angmar 33 %+31.3 %
  19. Hostile Negotiations 32 %+31.1 %
  20. Eternal Thirst 31 %+29.2 %
  21. Thran Power Suit 29 %+29.0 %
  22. Mithril Coat 34 %+28.8 %
  23. The Toymaker's Trap 28 %+28.4 %
  24. Crawlspace 28 %+27.2 %
  25. Foundry Inspector 30 %+26.8 %
  26. Commander's Plate 33 %+26.4 %
  27. Gollum, Riddle Master 27 %+26.3 %
  28. Gollum, Patient Plotter 26 %+25.5 %
  29. Basilisk Collar 27 %+24.2 %
  30. Dread Presence 36 %+22.9 %
  31. Blade of the Oni 24 %+22.9 %
  32. Go for the Throat 45 %+22.5 %
  33. Inquisitor's Flail 23 %+22.2 %
  34. Sadistic Shell Game 22 %+22.0 %
  35. Tainted Strike 25 %+21.8 %
  36. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 22 %+21.5 %
  37. Ring of Xathrid 22 %+21.2 %
  38. Phyresis 23 %+20.5 %
  39. Armor of Shadows 23 %+20.2 %
  40. Mask of Memory 22 %+20.0 %
  41. Keen Duelist 21 %+19.6 %
  42. Kaya's Ghostform 29 %+19.1 %
  43. Shade's Form 20 %+19.0 %
  44. Gollum's Bite 19 %+18.9 %
  45. Barad-dûr 23 %+18.8 %
  46. One Ring to Rule Them All 20 %+18.7 %
  47. Gollum, Silent Slinker 19 %+18.7 %
  48. Tarrian's Soulcleaver 22 %+18.3 %
  49. The One Ring 28 %+18.2 %
  50. Pain's Reward 18 %+18.0 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 96 %+0.8 %
  2. Sol Ring 78 %-7.4 %
  3. Swiftfoot Boots 67 %+35.5 %
  4. Vorpal Sword 66 %+61.8 %
  5. Arcane Signet 60 %-1.7 %
  6. Feed the Swarm 59 %+8.3 %
  7. Blackblade Reforged 57 %+53.7 %
  8. Sword of the Animist 53 %+49.4 %
  9. Dark Ritual 53 %-14.3 %
  10. Explorer's Scope 52 %+50.9 %
  11. Bojuka Bog 51 %+3.9 %
  12. Lashwrithe 48 %+44.4 %
  13. Call of the Ring 47 %+45.2 %
  14. Cabal Coffers 47 %-7.3 %
  15. Sign in Blood 47 %+11.9 %
  16. Brass Squire 47 %+46.1 %
  17. Nightmare Lash 45 %+43.1 %
  18. Crypt Ghast 45 %-1.5 %
  19. Go for the Throat 45 %+22.5 %
  20. Defile 44 %+9.1 %
  21. Bilbo's Ring 44 %+43.5 %
  22. Jet Medallion 44 %-18.4 %
  23. Phyrexian Arena 43 %+3.5 %
  24. Night's Whisper 43 %+17.2 %
  25. Pact Weapon 42 %+39.5 %
  26. Quietus Spike 40 %+39.3 %
  27. Claim the Precious 39 %+38.4 %
  28. Silent Arbiter 37 %+35.4 %
  29. Dread Presence 36 %+22.9 %
  30. Fireshrieker 35 %+33.2 %
  31. Solemn Simulacrum 35 %+14.2 %
  32. Mithril Coat 34 %+28.8 %
  33. Imp's Mischief 34 %+8.7 %
  34. Toxic Deluge 34 %-2.7 %
  35. Astarion's Thirst 34 %+32.1 %
  36. Cabal Stronghold 33 %-1.2 %
  37. Commander's Plate 33 %+26.4 %
  38. Witch-king of Angmar 33 %+31.3 %
  39. Liar's Pendulum 32 %+32.2 %
  40. Hostile Negotiations 32 %+31.1 %
  41. Read the Bones 32 %+16.2 %
  42. Lightning Greaves 32 %-1.9 %
  43. Eternal Thirst 31 %+29.2 %
  44. Withering Torment 31 %-0.6 %
  45. Mind Stone 31 %+3.0 %
  46. Foundry Inspector 30 %+26.8 %
  47. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 30 %-20.3 %
  48. Thran Power Suit 29 %+29.0 %
  49. Kaya's Ghostform 29 %+19.1 %
  50. Myriad Landscape 29 %+4.9 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not 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 ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

  • 2023-06-16

    If you have no cards in your library as Gollum, Scheming Guide's ability resolves, your opponent's guess will not be right no matter what they guess. That means you'll draw a card, or more accurately, attempt to draw a card from your empty library and therefore (usually) lose the game.

  • 2023-06-16

    If you only have one card in your library as Gollum, Scheming Guide's ability resolves, you'll look at that card, put it back on top of your library, and then continue with the ability as normal.

  • 2023-06-16

    You reveal the card even if your opponent guessed correctly.

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