Gollum, Patient Plotter

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Gollum, Patient Plotter: Legendary Creature - Halfling Horror, The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Halfling Horror
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR)
Released
2023-06-23
Collector number
84
Artist
Lorenzo Mastroianni
Commander rank
4,393 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Gollum, Patient Plotter

Gollum, Patient Plotter is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black legendary creature from The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR), a draft-focused set released in June 2023. It is collector number 84 in that set, with art by Lorenzo Mastroianni. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 3/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When Gollum leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you.

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

"They'll take it, steal my Precious. Thieves. We hates them."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Gollum, Patient Plotter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Gollum, Patient Plotter

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #535Uncommon2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #801Uncommon2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #309Uncommon2023
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #450Uncommon2023

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Gollum, Patient Plotter, newest first.

  • Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.
  • As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
  • The Ring gains its abilities in order from top to bottom. Once it gains an ability, it has that ability for the rest of the game.
  • Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
  • If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
  • Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
  • The Ring can tempt you even if you don't control a creature. In this case, abilities that trigger "whenever the Ring tempts you" will still trigger.

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