Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
When Gothmog enters, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Creature tokens you control have deathtouch.
3 / 3
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR #87)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2023-06-23
- Artist
- Ilker Yildiz
- EDHREC rank
- #4,236
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Orcish Medicine
- Dunland Crebain
- March from the Black Gate
- Mordor Muster
- Mirkwood Bats
- Barad-dûr
- Easterling Vanguard
- Mordor Trebuchet
- Army of the Damned
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- The Torment of Gollum
- Warg Rider
- Grave Titan
- Gríma Wormtongue
- Underworld Hermit
- Idol of Oblivion
- Endless Ranks of the Dead
- Nasty End
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- Ogre Slumlord
- Rise of the Dread Marn
- Bastion of Remembrance
- Death Tyrant
- Voracious Fell Beast
- Nadier's Nightblade
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
- Heraldic Banner
- Lash of the Balrog
- Dread Summons
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul
- Cirith Ungol Patrol
- Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
- Lazotep Reaver
- Sam's Desperate Rescue
- Gathering of Darkness
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Chittering Witch
- Overseer of the Damned
- Head of the Hunt
- Vizier of the Scorpion
- Bitterblossom
- Charcoal Diamond
- Murder
- Inquisitorial Rosette
- Open the Graves
- Doomed Dissenter
- Bleeding Edge
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General
- Liliana's Devotee
- Grond, the Gatebreaker
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Mirkwood Bats
- Orcish Medicine
- Dunland Crebain
- Mordor Muster
- March from the Black Gate
- Barad-dûr
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Arcane Signet
- Army of the Damned
- Easterling Vanguard
- Mordor Trebuchet
- Grave Titan
- Bastion of Remembrance
- The Torment of Gollum
- Feed the Swarm
- Bojuka Bog
- Warg Rider
- Cabal Coffers
- Village Rites
- Charcoal Diamond
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- Underworld Hermit
- Blood Artist
- Ogre Slumlord
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Gríma Wormtongue
- Witch's Cottage
- Endless Ranks of the Dead
- Nasty End
- Dark Ritual
- Idol of Oblivion
- Jet Medallion
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Deadly Dispute
- Morbid Opportunist
- Bitterblossom
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
- Cabal Stronghold
- Rise of the Dread Marn
- Heraldic Banner
- Myriad Landscape
- Reliquary Tower
- Death Tyrant
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Defile
- Corrupted Conviction
- Murder
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-06-16
Amass Zombies works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
- 2023-06-16
Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
- 2023-06-16
If you don't control an Army, the Orc Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
- 2023-06-16
In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Orcs, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.
- 2023-06-16
Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
- 2023-06-16
Some spells and abilities that amass Orcs may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't amass Orcs.
- 2023-06-16
To amass Orcs N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types.