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Gollum the Abandoned
Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror
Gollum can't block. When Gollum enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {2}, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
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“Recursive graveyard gremlin fuels sacrifice loops and creature tokens for value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Sacrifice payoff, Combat damage
Sacrifice, Tokens
Strategy
Gollum the Abandoned is a nimble graveyard recursion engine built for black sacrifice decks. He enters dealing 2 life damage and exiling opponent graveyard cards for disruption, then keeps coming back to hand every time you sacrifice an artifact or creature—turning your expendable tokens and utility pieces into repeatable threats and value. The deck wants to fill the board with cheap artifacts (Treasures, Clues, Food tokens) and disposable creatures, then sacrifice them repeatedly to recur Gollum, draining opponents while grinding out incremental advantage.
You'll pair Gollum with strong sacrifice outlets and token generators—aristocrats-style payoffs that reward you for feeding creatures and artifacts to the graveyard. Cards that create Treasures (especially from The Hobbit like The Misty Mountains Cold and Bag End Banquet), Costless creatures, and cheap recursion pieces let you chain sacrifices into repeated Gollum triggers. The goal is attrition: drain opponents bit by bit through life loss, chip away at their resources, and eventually overwhelm through sheer value and evasion.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Use efficient token makers like Bitterblossom, Ophiomancer, or Zulaport Cutthroat instead of pricey tutors; lean on free recursion rather than tutoring Gollum.
Signature Cards
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