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Gollum, Riddle Master
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Gollum, Riddle Master

{1}{B}

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

As Gollum enters, choose odd or even. (Zero is even.)

Whenever an opponent casts a spell with mana value of the chosen quality, choose one that hasn't been chosen —

• Put a +1/+1 counter on Gollum.

• Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

• Draw a card.

3 / 1

Set
The Hobbit (HOB #70)
Rarity
Mythic
Mana value
2
Released
2026-08-14
Artist
Irvin Rodriguez
EDHREC rank
#15,205
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 0.22
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. Gollum the Abandoned 63 %+62.2 %
  2. My Precious 64 %+60.8 %
  3. Gollum, Patient Plotter 50 %+49.1 %
  4. Gollum, Silent Slinker 44 %+43.3 %
  5. Gollum, Scheming Guide 43 %+43.1 %
  6. Unearth 48 %+39.1 %
  7. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 39 %+38.8 %
  8. Feign Death 46 %+37.6 %
  9. Nasty End 40 %+36.7 %
  10. Supernatural Stamina 42 %+34.0 %
  11. Fake Your Own Death 41 %+32.8 %
  12. Not Dead After All 43 %+32.1 %
  13. Undying Malice 42 %+31.3 %
  14. The Sackville-Bagginses 31 %+30.2 %
  15. Call of the Ring 32 %+29.3 %
  16. Kaya's Ghostform 38 %+27.7 %
  17. Claim the Precious 28 %+27.6 %
  18. Gollum's Bite 26 %+25.8 %
  19. Hobbit Hole 24 %+23.3 %
  20. Victimize 50 %+22.2 %
  21. The Master of Lake-town 26 %+22.1 %
  22. Morbid Opportunist 46 %+21.7 %
  23. The Torment of Gollum 21 %+20.8 %
  24. Braids, Arisen Nightmare 41 %+20.8 %
  25. Viscera Seer 38 %+20.7 %
  26. Barad-dûr 23 %+19.6 %
  27. High Market 28 %+19.4 %
  28. Bilbo's Deadly Slice 20 %+19.1 %
  29. Deadly Dispute 46 %+18.1 %
  30. Gríma Wormtongue 18 %+18.0 %
  31. One Ring to Rule Them All 19 %+17.8 %
  32. Along the Crooked Way 18 %+17.7 %
  33. Grave Researcher 25 %+17.5 %
  34. Pitiless Plunderer 38 %+17.5 %
  35. Bastion of Remembrance 35 %+17.4 %
  36. Rage into the Valley 17 %+16.6 %
  37. Sam's Desperate Rescue 17 %+16.6 %
  38. Zulaport Cutthroat 40 %+16.5 %
  39. Helm of the Host 18 %+16.5 %
  40. Gathering of Darkness 17 %+16.4 %
  41. Crude Bent Blade 17 %+16.4 %
  42. Stir Up Trouble 17 %+16.2 %
  43. Dreaded Bat-Cloud 17 %+16.1 %
  44. Azog, Moria's Ruin 17 %+16.0 %
  45. Dread Return 28 %+16.0 %
  46. Grim Haruspex 24 %+15.6 %
  47. Down, Down to Goblin-town 16 %+15.6 %
  48. Fleshbag Marauder 32 %+15.1 %
  49. Supper for Spiders 16 %+14.9 %
  50. The One Ring 24 %+14.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 97 %+1.7 %
  2. Sol Ring 80 %-5.3 %
  3. My Precious 64 %+60.8 %
  4. Dark Ritual 63 %-4.0 %
  5. Gollum the Abandoned 63 %+62.2 %
  6. Arcane Signet 59 %-2.4 %
  7. Feed the Swarm 59 %+8.5 %
  8. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 58 %+7.3 %
  9. Bojuka Bog 53 %+5.3 %
  10. Jet Medallion 53 %-9.4 %
  11. Victimize 50 %+22.2 %
  12. Gollum, Patient Plotter 50 %+49.1 %
  13. Reanimate 50 %+8.5 %
  14. Unearth 48 %+39.1 %
  15. Morbid Opportunist 46 %+21.7 %
  16. Feign Death 46 %+37.6 %
  17. Deadly Dispute 46 %+18.1 %
  18. Gollum, Silent Slinker 44 %+43.3 %
  19. Not Dead After All 43 %+32.1 %
  20. Gollum, Scheming Guide 43 %+43.1 %
  21. Toxic Deluge 43 %+6.2 %
  22. Undying Malice 42 %+31.3 %
  23. Supernatural Stamina 42 %+34.0 %
  24. Braids, Arisen Nightmare 41 %+20.8 %
  25. Fake Your Own Death 41 %+32.8 %
  26. Zulaport Cutthroat 40 %+16.5 %
  27. Nasty End 40 %+36.7 %
  28. Cabal Coffers 40 %-14.8 %
  29. Gollum, Obsessed Stalker 39 %+38.8 %
  30. Viscera Seer 38 %+20.7 %
  31. Pitiless Plunderer 38 %+17.5 %
  32. Village Rites 38 %+11.7 %
  33. Kaya's Ghostform 38 %+27.7 %
  34. Blood Artist 37 %+5.6 %
  35. Defile 36 %+1.0 %
  36. Exsanguinate 36 %+11.3 %
  37. Malakir Rebirth 35 %+10.9 %
  38. Bastion of Remembrance 35 %+17.4 %
  39. Malakir Rebirth 35 %+10.9 %
  40. Go for the Throat 34 %+11.2 %
  41. Witch's Cottage 34 %+8.8 %
  42. Phyrexian Arena 34 %-5.6 %
  43. Myriad Landscape 33 %+8.8 %
  44. Rogue's Passage 32 %+12.7 %
  45. Ayara, First of Locthwain 32 %+6.7 %
  46. Fleshbag Marauder 32 %+15.1 %
  47. Skullclamp 32 %+9.3 %
  48. Call of the Ring 32 %+29.3 %
  49. Accursed Marauder 32 %+9.1 %
  50. Crypt Ghast 32 %-15.1 %

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 Not 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

    If all three modes have been chosen, Gollum's triggered ability is removed from the stack with no effect, but Gollum remains on the battlefield.

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