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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
#9,328
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 0.40
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 64 %+60.6 %
  2. Blackblade Reforged 55 %+52.3 %
  3. Explorer's Scope 51 %+50.5 %
  4. Sword of the Animist 53 %+49.7 %
  5. Brass Squire 47 %+46.1 %
  6. Call of the Ring 48 %+45.8 %
  7. Lashwrithe 49 %+45.1 %
  8. Nightmare Lash 46 %+43.3 %
  9. Bilbo's Ring 43 %+42.5 %
  10. Pact Weapon 41 %+39.1 %
  11. Claim the Precious 39 %+38.7 %
  12. Quietus Spike 40 %+38.7 %
  13. Swiftfoot Boots 66 %+34.4 %
  14. Silent Arbiter 35 %+33.9 %
  15. Fireshrieker 34 %+32.5 %
  16. Liar's Pendulum 32 %+32.0 %
  17. Witch-king of Angmar 33 %+32.0 %
  18. Astarion's Thirst 33 %+31.2 %
  19. Hostile Negotiations 32 %+30.8 %
  20. Gollum, Riddle Master 31 %+29.9 %
  21. Eternal Thirst 31 %+29.3 %
  22. Mithril Coat 34 %+28.6 %
  23. Thran Power Suit 28 %+27.9 %
  24. The Toymaker's Trap 28 %+27.6 %
  25. Foundry Inspector 31 %+27.1 %
  26. Crawlspace 28 %+26.9 %
  27. Commander's Plate 32 %+25.7 %
  28. Gollum, Patient Plotter 26 %+25.4 %
  29. Basilisk Collar 28 %+24.4 %
  30. Gollum, Silent Slinker 25 %+24.2 %
  31. Dread Presence 36 %+22.9 %
  32. Sadistic Shell Game 23 %+22.8 %
  33. Tainted Strike 25 %+22.2 %
  34. Go for the Throat 44 %+21.8 %
  35. Inquisitor's Flail 22 %+21.8 %
  36. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 22 %+21.7 %
  37. Blade of the Oni 22 %+21.5 %
  38. Phyresis 23 %+21.1 %
  39. Ring of Xathrid 21 %+20.6 %
  40. Barad-dûr 23 %+19.5 %
  41. One Ring to Rule Them All 20 %+19.2 %
  42. Armor of Shadows 21 %+19.1 %
  43. Keen Duelist 21 %+19.0 %
  44. Mask of Memory 21 %+18.9 %
  45. Kaya's Ghostform 29 %+18.7 %
  46. Gollum's Bite 19 %+18.5 %
  47. Tarrian's Soulcleaver 22 %+18.4 %
  48. Genji Glove 20 %+18.3 %
  49. Shade's Form 19 %+18.3 %
  50. The One Ring 27 %+18.2 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 96 %+0.7 %
  2. Sol Ring 76 %-9.0 %
  3. Swiftfoot Boots 66 %+34.4 %
  4. Vorpal Sword 64 %+60.6 %
  5. Feed the Swarm 59 %+8.9 %
  6. Arcane Signet 58 %-3.4 %
  7. Blackblade Reforged 55 %+52.3 %
  8. Dark Ritual 53 %-14.0 %
  9. Sword of the Animist 53 %+49.7 %
  10. Explorer's Scope 51 %+50.5 %
  11. Bojuka Bog 50 %+2.8 %
  12. Lashwrithe 49 %+45.1 %
  13. Call of the Ring 48 %+45.8 %
  14. Cabal Coffers 47 %-7.6 %
  15. Brass Squire 47 %+46.1 %
  16. Sign in Blood 46 %+11.2 %
  17. Nightmare Lash 46 %+43.3 %
  18. Crypt Ghast 45 %-1.5 %
  19. Go for the Throat 44 %+21.8 %
  20. Jet Medallion 44 %-17.8 %
  21. Defile 44 %+8.8 %
  22. Bilbo's Ring 43 %+42.5 %
  23. Phyrexian Arena 42 %+3.1 %
  24. Night's Whisper 42 %+15.9 %
  25. Pact Weapon 41 %+39.1 %
  26. Quietus Spike 40 %+38.7 %
  27. Claim the Precious 39 %+38.7 %
  28. Dread Presence 36 %+22.9 %
  29. Silent Arbiter 35 %+33.9 %
  30. Fireshrieker 34 %+32.5 %
  31. Toxic Deluge 34 %-2.8 %
  32. Mithril Coat 34 %+28.6 %
  33. Imp's Mischief 34 %+8.3 %
  34. Solemn Simulacrum 34 %+13.1 %
  35. Witch-king of Angmar 33 %+32.0 %
  36. Cabal Stronghold 33 %-0.6 %
  37. Astarion's Thirst 33 %+31.2 %
  38. Liar's Pendulum 32 %+32.0 %
  39. Withering Torment 32 %-0.5 %
  40. Commander's Plate 32 %+25.7 %
  41. Hostile Negotiations 32 %+30.8 %
  42. Eternal Thirst 31 %+29.3 %
  43. Read the Bones 31 %+15.7 %
  44. Lightning Greaves 31 %-2.6 %
  45. Gollum, Riddle Master 31 %+29.9 %
  46. Foundry Inspector 31 %+27.1 %
  47. Mind Stone 30 %+2.2 %
  48. Myriad Landscape 29 %+5.4 %
  49. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 29 %-21.3 %
  50. Kaya's Ghostform 29 %+18.7 %

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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