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
- #4,254
- 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.
- Dunland Crebain
- Orcish Medicine
- March from the Black Gate
- Mirkwood Bats
- Mordor Muster
- Barad-dûr
- Easterling Vanguard
- Mordor Trebuchet
- Army of the Damned
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Warg Rider
- The Torment of Gollum
- Grave Titan
- Underworld Hermit
- Gríma Wormtongue
- Idol of Oblivion
- Nasty End
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- Endless Ranks of the Dead
- Bastion of Remembrance
- Death Tyrant
- Ogre Slumlord
- Nadier's Nightblade
- Dread Summons
- Rise of the Dread Marn
- Heraldic Banner
- Voracious Fell Beast
- Overseer of the Damned
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul
- Chittering Witch
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
- Lash of the Balrog
- Lazotep Reaver
- Cirith Ungol Patrol
- Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel
- Sam's Desperate Rescue
- Abhorrent Overlord
- Bitterblossom
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Open the Graves
- Vizier of the Scorpion
- Murder
- Inquisitorial Rosette
- Corrupted Conviction
- Fire Navy Trebuchet
- Charcoal Diamond
- Doomed Dissenter
- Vampiric Rites
- Oath of the Grey Host
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Mirkwood Bats
- Dunland Crebain
- Orcish Medicine
- Barad-dûr
- Mordor Muster
- March from the Black Gate
- Dreadhorde Invasion
- Arcane Signet
- Army of the Damned
- Easterling Vanguard
- Bastion of Remembrance
- Mordor Trebuchet
- Grave Titan
- Feed the Swarm
- Bojuka Bog
- Ayara, First of Locthwain
- Village Rites
- Ogre Slumlord
- Warg Rider
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
- The Torment of Gollum
- Blood Artist
- Cabal Coffers
- Underworld Hermit
- Charcoal Diamond
- Witch's Cottage
- Idol of Oblivion
- Gríma Wormtongue
- Endless Ranks of the Dead
- Nasty End
- Dark Ritual
- Deadly Dispute
- Jet Medallion
- Morbid Opportunist
- Bitterblossom
- Heraldic Banner
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Nadier's Nightblade
- Death Tyrant
- Myriad Landscape
- Dread Summons
- Corrupted Conviction
- Cabal Stronghold
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Rise of the Dread Marn
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General
- Chittering Witch
- Ghoulcaller Gisa
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.