First printed in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (2023)
All 5 prints
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #535, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #801, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #309, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #450, 2023
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The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #84, 2023
Gollum, Patient Plotter 
Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror
When Gollum leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you., Sacrifice a creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).
In the last 30 days 0.2% of Commander decks played it (12 of 6150). Most played in Halana, Kessig Ranger + Tymna the Weaver.
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Premier Draft | 60.4% | +4.8 | +5.2 | 58084 |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), Sealed | 61.9% | +5.2 | +4.7 | 3081 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
34 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Bartolomé del Presidio + Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg + Viscera Seer
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite death triggers…: Ashnod's Altar + Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Gollum, Patient Plotter + Phyrexian Altar + Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Carrion Feeder + Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers…: Blasting Station + Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Gollum, Patient Plotter + Ratadrabik of Urborg + Woe Strider
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Bone Miser + Gollum, Patient Plotter + Skirge Familiar
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Not legal
- Tiny Leaders Legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal
