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Commander

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Gollum, Riddle Master
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.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum, Riddle Master (hob) 241

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Artifact

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Grond, the Gatebreaker
Trample
As long as it's your turn and you control an Army, Grond is an artifact creature.
Crew 3 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
Grond, the Gatebreaker (ltr) 89
My Precious
Equipped creature has hexproof and can't be blocked.
Equip—
, Pay 2 life.
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
My Precious // Allure of Power (hob) 176

Artifact

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Bounce

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Cloudstone Curio
Whenever a nonartifact permanent you control enters, you may return another permanent you control that shares a permanent type with it to its owner's hand.
Artifact
Cloudstone Curio (ltc) 349

Bounce

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Counters

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Nazgûl
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever the Ring tempts you, put a +1/+1 counter on each Wraith you control.
A deck can have up to nine cards named Nazgûl.
Creature - Knight Wraith
Nazgûl (ltr) 335

Counters

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Creature

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Gollum the Abandoned
Gollum can't block.
When Gollum enters, exile up to one target card from an opponent's graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life.
, Sacrifice an artifact or creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum the Abandoned (hob) 72
Gollum, Silent Slinker
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal (hob) 71

Creature

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Drain

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Gollum, Obsessed Stalker
Skulk (This creature can't be blocked by creatures with greater power.)
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent dealt combat damage this game by a creature named Gollum, Obsessed Stalker loses life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker (ltc) 26
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
When this creature enters, each opponent loses X life, where X is your devotion to black. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)
Creature - Zombie
Gray Merchant of Asphodel (thb) 99
Mirkwood Bats
Flying
Whenever you create or sacrifice a token, each opponent loses 1 life.
Creature - Bat
Mirkwood Bats (ltr) 95

Drain

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Draw

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Call of the Ring
At the beginning of your upkeep, the Ring tempts you.
Whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
Enchantment
Call of the Ring (ltr) 79
Cirith Ungol Patrol
,
, Sacrifice another creature: Draw a card, then create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Creature - Soldier Orc
Cirith Ungol Patrol (ltr) 80
Deadly Dispute
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or creature.
Draw two cards and create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
Deadly Dispute (afr) 94
Gollum, Scheming Guide
Whenever Gollum attacks, look at the top two cards of your library, put them back in any order, then choose land or nonland. An opponent guesses whether the top card of your library is the chosen kind. Reveal that card. If they guessed right, remove Gollum from combat. Otherwise, you draw a card and Gollum can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum, Scheming Guide (ltr) 292
Gorbag of Minas Morgul
Whenever a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. When you do, choose one —
• Draw a card.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Legendary Creature - Soldier Orc
Gorbag of Minas Morgul (ltr) 86
Mordor Muster
You draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Sorcery
Mordor Muster (ltr) 96
Palantír of Orthanc
At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.
Legendary Artifact
Palantír of Orthanc (ltr) 247
The One Ring
Indestructible
When The One Ring enters, if you cast it, you gain protection from everything until your next turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life for each burden counter on The One Ring.
: Put a burden counter on The One Ring, then draw a card for each burden counter on The One Ring.
Legendary Artifact
The One Ring (ltr) 246
Thrumming Stone
Spells you cast have ripple 4. (Whenever you cast a spell, you may reveal the top four cards of your library. You may cast spells with the same name as that spell from among the revealed cards without paying their mana costs. Put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
Legendary Artifact
Thrumming Stone (2x2) 315
Village Rites
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Village Rites (inr) 137

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Enchantment

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Along the Crooked Way
When this enchantment enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever a creature card leaves your graveyard, amass Goblins 1.
: Goblins and Orcs you control gain menace until end of turn.
Enchantment
Along the Crooked Way (hob) 60
Down, Down to Goblin-town
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
I — Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
II — Amass Goblins 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Goblin. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token first.)
III, IV — Target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Enchantment - Saga
Down, Down to Goblin-town (hob) 65

Enchantment

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Finisher

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Exsanguinate
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Sorcery
Exsanguinate (fdn) 173

Finisher

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Land

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Barad-dûr
Barad-dûr enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
: Amass Orcs X. Activate only if a creature died this turn.
Legendary Land
Barad-dûr (ltr) 253
Barren Moor
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Barren Moor (dsc) 262
Bojuka Bog
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, exile target player's graveyard.
: Add
.
Land
Bojuka Bog (soc) 363
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
Minas Morgul enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Put a shadow counter on target creature. For as long as that creature has a shadow counter on it, it's a Wraith in addition to its other types. (A creature with shadow can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Legendary Land
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress (hoc) 48
Mortuary Mire
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
: Add
.
Land
Mortuary Mire (pip) 272
Myriad Landscape
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Myriad Landscape (eoc) 169
Shire Terrace
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261
Swamp
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Swamp
Swamp (trk) 322
The Black Gate
As The Black Gate enters, you may pay 3 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: Choose a player with the most life or tied for most life. Target creature can't be blocked by creatures that player controls this turn.
Legendary Land - Gate
The Black Gate (ltc) 80
War Room
: Add
.
,
, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.
Land
War Room (soc) 422
Witch's Cottage
(
: Add
.)
This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Swamp
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249

Land

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Protection

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Orcish Medicine
Target creature gains your choice of lifelink or indestructible until end of turn.
Amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Instant
Orcish Medicine (ltr) 104

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (msc) 191
Dark Ritual
Add
.
Instant
Dark Ritual (rqs) 18
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
Flash
Menace
When Lobelia enters, exile target creature card from an opponent's graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn, then create X Treasure tokens, where X is the exiled card's power.
Legendary Creature - Citizen Halfling
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (ltr) 93
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (msc) 211
Troll of Khazad-dûm
This creature can't be blocked except by three or more creatures.
Swampcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Creature - Troll
Troll of Khazad-dûm (hoc) 191
Wayfarer's Bauble
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (hoc) 211

Ramp

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Recursion

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Haunt of the Dead Marshes
When this creature enters, scry 1.
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.
Creature - Elf Nightmare
Haunt of the Dead Marshes (hoc) 186
Rise of the Dark Realms
Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control.
Sorcery
Rise of the Dark Realms (fic) 283
Sam's Desperate Rescue
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. The Ring tempts you.
Sorcery
Sam's Desperate Rescue (ltr) 105
Whip of Erebos
Creatures you control have lifelink.
,
: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Whip of Erebos (dsc) 159

Recursion

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Removal

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Bitter Downfall
This spell costs
less to cast if it targets a creature that was dealt damage this turn.
Destroy target creature. Its controller loses 2 life.
Instant
Bitter Downfall (hoc) 185
Claim the Precious
Destroy target creature. The Ring tempts you.
Sorcery
Claim the Precious (ltr) 81
Feed the Swarm
Destroy target creature or enchantment an opponent controls. You lose life equal to that permanent's mana value.
Sorcery
Feed the Swarm (tle) 257
Gollum's Bite
Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: The Ring tempts you. Activate only as a sorcery.
Instant
Gollum's Bite (ltr) 85
Isildur's Fateful Strike
(You may cast a legendary instant only if you control a legendary creature or planeswalker.)
Destroy target creature. If its controller has more than four cards in hand, they exile cards from their hand equal to the difference.
Legendary Instant
Isildur's Fateful Strike (ltr) 91
Lash of the Balrog
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature or pay
.
Destroy target creature.
Sorcery
Lash of the Balrog (ltr) 92
Morgul-Knife Wound
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -3/-0 and has "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile this creature unless you pay 2 life."
Enchantment - Aura
Morgul-Knife Wound (ltr) 98
One Ring to Rule Them All
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — The Ring tempts you, then each player mills cards equal to your Ring-bearer's power.
II — Destroy all nonlegendary creatures.
III — Each opponent loses 1 life for each creature card in that player's graveyard.
Enchantment - Saga
One Ring to Rule Them All (ltr) 102
Ringwraiths
When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-3 until end of turn. If that creature is legendary, its controller loses 3 life.
When the Ring tempts you, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Knight Wraith
Ringwraiths (ltr) 284
Shelob's Ambush
Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Instant
Shelob's Ambush (ltr) 108
The Torment of Gollum
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card.
Amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Sorcery
The Torment of Gollum (ltr) 110
Toxic Deluge
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life.
All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn.
Sorcery
Toxic Deluge (msc) 161
Voracious Fell Beast
Flying
When this creature enters, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. Create a Food token for each creature sacrificed this way. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Creature - Beast Drake
Voracious Fell Beast (ltr) 113
Witch-king of Angmar
Flying
Whenever one or more creatures deal combat damage to you, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice that dealt combat damage to you this turn. The Ring tempts you.
Discard a card: Witch-king of Angmar gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap him.
Legendary Creature - Wraith Noble
Witch-king of Angmar (ltr) 114
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin
Flying
Whenever Witch-king attacks, defending player sacrifices a creature with the least power among creatures they control.
Legendary Creature - Wraith Noble
Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin (ltr) 293

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Sac Outlet

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Gollum, Patient Plotter
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.
Legendary Creature - Horror Halfling
Gollum, Patient Plotter (ltr) 84
Gríma Wormtongue
Your opponents can't gain life.
, Sacrifice another creature: Target player loses 1 life. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, amass Orcs 2.
Legendary Creature - Human Advisor
Gríma Wormtongue (ltr) 88

Sac Outlet

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Tokens

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Dunland Crebain
Flying
When this creature enters, amass Orcs 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Creature - Bird Horror
Dunland Crebain (ltr) 82
Easterling Vanguard
When this creature dies, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Creature - Human Warrior
Easterling Vanguard (ltr) 83
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant
When Gothmog enters, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Creature tokens you control have deathtouch.
Legendary Creature - Human Soldier
Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant (ltr) 87
March from the Black Gate
When this enchantment enters and whenever an Army you control attacks, amass Orcs 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also an Orc. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.)
Enchantment
March from the Black Gate (ltr) 94

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Untap

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Sting, the Glinting Dagger
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has haste.
At the beginning of each combat, untap equipped creature.
Equipped creature has first strike as long as it's blocking or blocked by a Goblin or Orc.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Sting, the Glinting Dagger (ltr) 250

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