Gollum, Patient Plotter

Gollum, Patient Plotter is a recursion-focused commander that thrives on the sacrifice-and-return loop. His core gameplan is to sacrifice creatures (especially tokens or utility creatures) to fuel your graveyard while triggering death effects, then repeatedly reanimate him with his activated ability to keep the pressure on. The Ring temptation mechanic gives you incremental value whenever Gollum leaves the battlefield, potentially ramping you toward a free extra turn or a Voltron threat. You'll build around cheap creatures, sacrifice outlets, and cards that reward you for sacrificing or dying, turning what looks like card disadvantage into a grinding advantage over time.

The deck wins through a combination of value accumulation and either aggressive damage from a growing Gollum (if you're tempting the Ring toward that path) or a wide board of tokens that you've created and reanimated repeatedly. Think of it as an Aristocrats shell—you're generating mana from sacrifice payoffs, creating tokens with ETB effects, and using Gollum as your resilient recursive threat that keeps coming back to harass opponents. With enough sacrifice synergies and a few graveyard tricks, you'll outlast the table through sheer inevitability and tempo disruption.

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