Art by Irvin Rodriguez

Gollum, Riddle Master

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

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.

Build a deck with Gollum, Riddle Master

Gollum, Riddle Master deck guide

Gollum, Riddle Master is a mono-black creature commander. It leads 260 decks on EDHREC, where it ranks #2,662 among all commanders.

Most Gollum decks are built around aristocrats, reanimator and sacrifice, with lifedrain and graveyard builds close behind.

A typical Gollum list runs 36 lands (29 basic), 24 creatures, 12 instants, 11 sorceries, 10 artifacts and 6 enchantments.

The cards played most with Gollum: Sol Ring (81% of decks), Arcane Signet (62% of decks), Deadly Dispute (46% of decks), Not Dead After All (44% of decks), Supernatural Stamina (43% of decks) and Undying Malice (42% of decks).

Well-known combos with Gollum:

Sanguine Bond + Exquisite Blood
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Exquisite Blood
Gravecrawler + Pitiless Plunderer + Carrion Feeder

Play data from EDHREC, updated daily.

Average Card Type Breakdown

Creature

24%

Instant

12%

Sorcery

11%

Artifact

10%

Enchantment

Land

36%

Average Mana Curve

19%

35%

25%

13%

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Most Played With Gollum, Riddle Master (200)

Sol Ring

81% of decks · $1.34

Arcane Signet

62% of decks · $0.49

Deadly Dispute

46% of decks · $0.27

Not Dead After All

44% of decks · $1.65

Supernatural Stamina

43% of decks · $0.21

Undying Malice

42% of decks · $0.38

Toxic Deluge

42% of decks · $5.02

Fake Your Own Death

42% of decks · $0.24

Zulaport Cutthroat

41% of decks · $1.35

Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

40% of decks · $0.32

Pitiless Plunderer

40% of decks · $4.98

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

40% of decks · $4.23

Nasty End

39% of decks · $0.22

Viscera Seer

39% of decks · $0.49

Village Rites

38% of decks · $0.93

Blood Artist

38% of decks · $3.83

Exsanguinate

38% of decks · $0.41

Defile

38% of decks · $1.43

Kaya's Ghostform

38% of decks · $1.71

Bastion of Remembrance

37% of decks · $0.30

Malakir Rebirth

34% of decks

Ayara, First of Locthwain

33% of decks · $8.44

Go for the Throat

33% of decks · $0.62

Phyrexian Arena

33% of decks · $4.16

Fleshbag Marauder

33% of decks · $0.28

Mind Stone

32% of decks

Accursed Marauder

32% of decks · $0.31

Crypt Ghast

32% of decks · $17.44

Night's Whisper

32% of decks · $6.25

Call of the Ring

31% of decks · $5.03

30% of decks · $3.14

Solemn Simulacrum

30% of decks · $0.31

Skullclamp

30% of decks · $5.18

Dread Return

29% of decks · $0.60

Claim the Precious

28% of decks · $0.29

Ophiomancer

28% of decks · $1.18

Black Market Connections

28% of decks · $10.53

Syr Konrad, the Grim

27% of decks · $1.67

Plaguecrafter

27% of decks · $0.39

Withering Torment

26% of decks · $1.60

Bolas's Citadel

26% of decks · $15.83

Infernal Grasp

26% of decks · $0.32

Grim Haruspex

25% of decks · $2.83

Culling the Weak

25% of decks · $8.03

Animate Dead

25% of decks · $7.45

Grave Researcher

25% of decks

Corrupted Conviction

24% of decks · $0.34

Ashnod's Altar

24% of decks · $16.64

Diabolic Intent

23% of decks · $17.44

The One Ring

23% of decks · $115.41

Wayfarer's Bauble

22% of decks · $5.61

The Darkness Crystal

22% of decks · $4.28

Mirkwood Bats

22% of decks · $1.67

Swiftfoot Boots

22% of decks

Carrion Feeder

21% of decks · $4.75

Deadly Rollick

21% of decks · $28.68

Imp's Mischief

21% of decks · $9.18

Bilbo's Deadly Slice

20% of decks · $0.14

Massacre Wurm

20% of decks · $2.44

Reassembling Skeleton

20% of decks · $0.33

Read the Bones

20% of decks · $0.30

Bontu's Monument

20% of decks · $4.60

Along the Crooked Way

19% of decks · $0.28

Orcish Bowmasters

19% of decks · $43.37

Helm of the Host

19% of decks · $5.21

Charcoal Diamond

19% of decks · $0.35

Painful Quandary

18% of decks · $1.79

One Ring to Rule Them All

18% of decks · $2.10

Gríma Wormtongue

18% of decks · $0.26

The Soul Stone

18% of decks · $60.43

Troop of Ponies

18% of decks · $0.29

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

17% of decks · $98.55

Lightning Greaves

17% of decks · $4.10

The Meathook Massacre

17% of decks · $24.81

Stir Up Trouble

17% of decks · $0.16

Crude Bent Blade

17% of decks · $0.14

Warren Soultrader

17% of decks · $20.43

Azog, Moria's Ruin

17% of decks · $0.26

Sam's Desperate Rescue

17% of decks · $0.17

Conjurer's Closet

17% of decks · $4.05

Umbral Collar Zealot

16% of decks · $0.35

Dreaded Bat-Cloud

16% of decks · $0.16

Supper for Spiders

16% of decks · $0.32

Bilbo's Ring

16% of decks · $15.98

Pawn of Ulamog

15% of decks · $0.55

Phyrexian Reclamation

15% of decks · $2.84

Tragic Slip

15% of decks · $0.26

Pain 101

15% of decks · $0.24

Inside Information

14% of decks · $1.89

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

14% of decks · $1.05

Consuming Corruption

14% of decks · $0.26

Thought Vessel

14% of decks

Bloodchief Ascension

14% of decks · $21.34

Rhovanion Rampager

14% of decks · $0.27

Diabolic Tutor

14% of decks · $2.21

Demonic Tutor

14% of decks · $69.17

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

13% of decks · $10.36

Bloodghast

13% of decks · $0.92

Bitterbloom Bearer

13% of decks · $14.06

Black Market

13% of decks · $6.30

Ravening Warg

13% of decks · $0.21

Marionette Apprentice

13% of decks · $2.06

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

13% of decks · $0.35

Witch-king of Angmar

12% of decks · $7.29

Midnight Reaper

12% of decks · $0.25

Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

12% of decks · $1.55

Flare of Malice

12% of decks · $3.10

Cabal Ritual

12% of decks

Damnation

12% of decks · $21.01

Phyrexian Altar

12% of decks · $53.98

Great Fierce Bee

12% of decks · $0.17

Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

12% of decks · $0.80

Blasphemous Edict

12% of decks · $4.24

Grave Pact

12% of decks · $30.52

Gnashing of Teeth

12% of decks · $0.18

Stony-Voiced Goblins

12% of decks · $0.14

Abnormal Endurance

12% of decks · $0.12

Head of the Hunt

11% of decks · $0.37

Fell the Profane

11% of decks

Demonic Gifts

11% of decks · $0.23

Sanguine Bond

11% of decks · $7.95

Dauthi Voidwalker

10% of decks · $5.72

Vincent's Limit Break

10% of decks · $0.16

Torment of Hailfire

10% of decks · $36.04

Exquisite Blood

10% of decks · $40.36

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

10% of decks · $0.32

Gixian Puppeteer

10% of decks · $1.29

Rankle, Master of Pranks

10% of decks · $2.72

Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

10% of decks · $0.27

Saw in Half

10% of decks · $5.73

Agadeem's Awakening

10% of decks

Chthonian Nightmare

10% of decks · $0.63

Return to Action

10% of decks · $0.25

Necropotence

10% of decks · $38.23

Woe Strider

9% of decks · $0.31

Orcish Medicine

9% of decks · $0.22

Snuff Out

9% of decks · $12.98

Lively Dirge

9% of decks · $6.11

Living Death

9% of decks · $6.29

Undying Evil

9% of decks · $0.41

Plumb the Forbidden

9% of decks · $0.42

Ashnod's Intervention

9% of decks · $0.28

Rise of the Dark Realms

9% of decks · $6.73

Underworld Dreams

9% of decks · $2.19

Bitterblossom

9% of decks · $32.66

Key to the Side-Door

9% of decks · $0.21

Isildur's Fateful Strike

8% of decks · $0.25

Vampiric Tutor

8% of decks · $54.03

Funeral Room // Awakening Hall

8% of decks

Reverent Howl

8% of decks · $0.20

Thrór's Map

8% of decks · $0.24

Mutilate

8% of decks · $2.19

Zombify

8% of decks · $0.25

Inherited Envelope

8% of decks · $0.25

Hero's Downfall

8% of decks · $0.29

Murder

8% of decks · $0.20

Dismember

8% of decks · $4.78

Sheoldred's Edict

7% of decks · $1.44

Languish

7% of decks · $8.37

Vampiric Rites

7% of decks · $0.17

Meathook Massacre II

7% of decks · $2.44

March from the Black Gate

7% of decks · $0.28

Giant's Boulder

7% of decks · $0.18

Bitter Triumph

7% of decks · $0.32

Whip of Erebos

7% of decks · $9.52

Sting, Bilbo's Sword

7% of decks · $0.43

Fellwar Stone

7% of decks

Necromancy

7% of decks · $19.41

Coiling Rebirth

7% of decks · $0.24

Lash of the Balrog

7% of decks · $0.28

Palantír of Orthanc

7% of decks · $18.64

Wishclaw Talisman

7% of decks · $2.47

Dictate of Erebos

7% of decks · $16.92

Soul Shatter

6% of decks · $6.05

Consumed by Greed

6% of decks · $0.28

Sothera, the Supervoid

6% of decks · $3.30

Grave Venerations

6% of decks · $0.44

Bitter Downfall

6% of decks · $0.51

Darkness

6% of decks · $23.83

Archenemy's Charm

6% of decks · $1.02

Shadow of the Enemy

6% of decks · $9.10

Insatiable Avarice

6% of decks · $6.03

Dark Deal

6% of decks · $2.21

Decorum Dissertation

6% of decks · $5.43

Fungal Fortitude

6% of decks · $0.26

Oversold Cemetery

6% of decks · $2.60

Liliana, Dreadhorde General

6% of decks · $10.03

Dash Hopes

5% of decks · $0.79

Withering Boon

5% of decks · $11.17

Presumed Dead

5% of decks · $0.31

Bubbling Muck

5% of decks · $4.87

Army of the Damned

5% of decks · $1.80

Buried Alive

5% of decks · $3.55

Stitch Together

5% of decks · $1.44

Mordor Muster

5% of decks · $0.20

The Black Breath

5% of decks · $0.25

Eaten Alive

5% of decks · $0.28

Altar of Dementia

5% of decks · $17.15

Oppression

5% of decks · $4.79

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

5% of decks · $1.60

New Cards

My Precious

65% of decks

Gollum the Abandoned

64% of decks · $0.20

Gollum, Silent Slinker

45% of decks

The Sackville-Bagginses

33% of decks · $0.99

The Master of Lake-town

26% of decks · $0.59

Creatures (50)

Zulaport Cutthroat

41% of decks · $1.35

Gollum, Obsessed Stalker

40% of decks · $0.32

Pitiless Plunderer

40% of decks · $4.98

Braids, Arisen Nightmare

40% of decks · $4.23

Viscera Seer

39% of decks · $0.49

Blood Artist

38% of decks · $3.83

Ayara, First of Locthwain

33% of decks · $8.44

Fleshbag Marauder

33% of decks · $0.28

Accursed Marauder

32% of decks · $0.31

Crypt Ghast

32% of decks · $17.44

Solemn Simulacrum

30% of decks · $0.31

Ophiomancer

28% of decks · $1.18

Syr Konrad, the Grim

27% of decks · $1.67

Plaguecrafter

27% of decks · $0.39

Grim Haruspex

25% of decks · $2.83

Grave Researcher

25% of decks

Mirkwood Bats

22% of decks · $1.67

Carrion Feeder

21% of decks · $4.75

Massacre Wurm

20% of decks · $2.44

Reassembling Skeleton

20% of decks · $0.33

Orcish Bowmasters

19% of decks · $43.37

Gríma Wormtongue

18% of decks · $0.26

Troop of Ponies

18% of decks · $0.29

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse

17% of decks · $98.55

Warren Soultrader

17% of decks · $20.43

Azog, Moria's Ruin

17% of decks · $0.26

Umbral Collar Zealot

16% of decks · $0.35

Dreaded Bat-Cloud

16% of decks · $0.16

Pawn of Ulamog

15% of decks · $0.55

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

14% of decks · $1.05

Rhovanion Rampager

14% of decks · $0.27

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

13% of decks · $10.36

Bloodghast

13% of decks · $0.92

Bitterbloom Bearer

13% of decks · $14.06

Ravening Warg

13% of decks · $0.21

Marionette Apprentice

13% of decks · $2.06

Yahenni, Undying Partisan

13% of decks · $0.35

Witch-king of Angmar

12% of decks · $7.29

Midnight Reaper

12% of decks · $0.25

Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia

12% of decks · $1.55

Great Fierce Bee

12% of decks · $0.17

Kingpin, Wilson Fisk

12% of decks · $0.80

Stony-Voiced Goblins

12% of decks · $0.14

Head of the Hunt

11% of decks · $0.37

Dauthi Voidwalker

10% of decks · $5.72

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins

10% of decks · $0.32

Gixian Puppeteer

10% of decks · $1.29

Rankle, Master of Pranks

10% of decks · $2.72

Gothmog, Morgul Lieutenant

10% of decks · $0.27

Woe Strider

9% of decks · $0.31

Instants (50)

Deadly Dispute

46% of decks · $0.27

Not Dead After All

44% of decks · $1.65

Supernatural Stamina

43% of decks · $0.21

Undying Malice

42% of decks · $0.38

Fake Your Own Death

42% of decks · $0.24

Nasty End

39% of decks · $0.22

Village Rites

38% of decks · $0.93

Defile

38% of decks · $1.43

Malakir Rebirth

34% of decks

Go for the Throat

33% of decks · $0.62

Withering Torment

26% of decks · $1.60

Infernal Grasp

26% of decks · $0.32

Culling the Weak

25% of decks · $8.03

Corrupted Conviction

24% of decks · $0.34

Deadly Rollick

21% of decks · $28.68

Imp's Mischief

21% of decks · $9.18

Bilbo's Deadly Slice

20% of decks · $0.14

Supper for Spiders

16% of decks · $0.32

Tragic Slip

15% of decks · $0.26

Pain 101

15% of decks · $0.24

Consuming Corruption

14% of decks · $0.26

Flare of Malice

12% of decks · $3.10

Cabal Ritual

12% of decks

Abnormal Endurance

12% of decks · $0.12

Fell the Profane

11% of decks

Demonic Gifts

11% of decks · $0.23

Vincent's Limit Break

10% of decks · $0.16

Saw in Half

10% of decks · $5.73

Return to Action

10% of decks · $0.25

Orcish Medicine

9% of decks · $0.22

Snuff Out

9% of decks · $12.98

Undying Evil

9% of decks · $0.41

Plumb the Forbidden

9% of decks · $0.42

Ashnod's Intervention

9% of decks · $0.28

Isildur's Fateful Strike

8% of decks · $0.25

Vampiric Tutor

8% of decks · $54.03

Reverent Howl

8% of decks · $0.20

Hero's Downfall

8% of decks · $0.29

Murder

8% of decks · $0.20

Dismember

8% of decks · $4.78

Sheoldred's Edict

7% of decks · $1.44

Bitter Triumph

7% of decks · $0.32

Soul Shatter

6% of decks · $6.05

Consumed by Greed

6% of decks · $0.28

Bitter Downfall

6% of decks · $0.51

Darkness

6% of decks · $23.83

Archenemy's Charm

6% of decks · $1.02

Dash Hopes

5% of decks · $0.79

Withering Boon

5% of decks · $11.17

Presumed Dead

5% of decks · $0.31

Sorceries (37)

Toxic Deluge

42% of decks · $5.02

Exsanguinate

38% of decks · $0.41

Night's Whisper

32% of decks · $6.25

30% of decks · $3.14

Dread Return

29% of decks · $0.60

Claim the Precious

28% of decks · $0.29

Diabolic Intent

23% of decks · $17.44

Read the Bones

20% of decks · $0.30

Stir Up Trouble

17% of decks · $0.16

Sam's Desperate Rescue

17% of decks · $0.17

Inside Information

14% of decks · $1.89

Diabolic Tutor

14% of decks · $2.21

Demonic Tutor

14% of decks · $69.17

Damnation

12% of decks · $21.01

Blasphemous Edict

12% of decks · $4.24

Gnashing of Teeth

12% of decks · $0.18

Torment of Hailfire

10% of decks · $36.04

Agadeem's Awakening

10% of decks

Lively Dirge

9% of decks · $6.11

Living Death

9% of decks · $6.29

Rise of the Dark Realms

9% of decks · $6.73

Mutilate

8% of decks · $2.19

Zombify

8% of decks · $0.25

Languish

7% of decks · $8.37

Coiling Rebirth

7% of decks · $0.24

Lash of the Balrog

7% of decks · $0.28

Shadow of the Enemy

6% of decks · $9.10

Insatiable Avarice

6% of decks · $6.03

Dark Deal

6% of decks · $2.21

Decorum Dissertation

6% of decks · $5.43

Bubbling Muck

5% of decks · $4.87

Army of the Damned

5% of decks · $1.80

Buried Alive

5% of decks · $3.55

Stitch Together

5% of decks · $1.44

Mordor Muster

5% of decks · $0.20

The Black Breath

5% of decks · $0.25

Eaten Alive

5% of decks · $0.28

Utility Artifacts (21)

Skullclamp

30% of decks · $5.18

Bolas's Citadel

26% of decks · $15.83

Ashnod's Altar

24% of decks · $16.64

The One Ring

23% of decks · $115.41

Wayfarer's Bauble

22% of decks · $5.61

The Darkness Crystal

22% of decks · $4.28

Swiftfoot Boots

22% of decks

Bontu's Monument

20% of decks · $4.60

Helm of the Host

19% of decks · $5.21

Lightning Greaves

17% of decks · $4.10

Crude Bent Blade

17% of decks · $0.14

Conjurer's Closet

17% of decks · $4.05

Bilbo's Ring

16% of decks · $15.98

Phyrexian Altar

12% of decks · $53.98

Key to the Side-Door

9% of decks · $0.21

Thrór's Map

8% of decks · $0.24

Whip of Erebos

7% of decks · $9.52

Sting, Bilbo's Sword

7% of decks · $0.43

Palantír of Orthanc

7% of decks · $18.64

Wishclaw Talisman

7% of decks · $2.47

Altar of Dementia

5% of decks · $17.15

Mana Artifacts (9)

Sol Ring

81% of decks · $1.34

Arcane Signet

62% of decks · $0.49

Mind Stone

32% of decks

Charcoal Diamond

19% of decks · $0.35

The Soul Stone

18% of decks · $60.43

Thought Vessel

14% of decks

Inherited Envelope

8% of decks · $0.25

Giant's Boulder

7% of decks · $0.18

Fellwar Stone

7% of decks

Enchantments (31)

Kaya's Ghostform

38% of decks · $1.71

Bastion of Remembrance

37% of decks · $0.30

Phyrexian Arena

33% of decks · $4.16

Call of the Ring

31% of decks · $5.03

Black Market Connections

28% of decks · $10.53

Animate Dead

25% of decks · $7.45

Along the Crooked Way

19% of decks · $0.28

Painful Quandary

18% of decks · $1.79

One Ring to Rule Them All

18% of decks · $2.10

The Meathook Massacre

17% of decks · $24.81

Phyrexian Reclamation

15% of decks · $2.84

Bloodchief Ascension

14% of decks · $21.34

Black Market

13% of decks · $6.30

Grave Pact

12% of decks · $30.52

Sanguine Bond

11% of decks · $7.95

Exquisite Blood

10% of decks · $40.36

Chthonian Nightmare

10% of decks · $0.63

Necropotence

10% of decks · $38.23

Underworld Dreams

9% of decks · $2.19

Bitterblossom

9% of decks · $32.66

Funeral Room // Awakening Hall

8% of decks

Vampiric Rites

7% of decks · $0.17

Meathook Massacre II

7% of decks · $2.44

March from the Black Gate

7% of decks · $0.28

Necromancy

7% of decks · $19.41

Dictate of Erebos

7% of decks · $16.92

Sothera, the Supervoid

6% of decks · $3.30

Grave Venerations

6% of decks · $0.44

Fungal Fortitude

6% of decks · $0.26

Oversold Cemetery

6% of decks · $2.60

Oppression

5% of decks · $4.79

Planeswalkers (2)

Liliana, Dreadhorde General

6% of decks · $10.03

Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer

5% of decks · $1.60

Utility Lands (26)

Bojuka Bog

53% of decks

Cabal Coffers

39% of decks

Witch's Cottage

34% of decks

Rogue's Passage

33% of decks

High Market

27% of decks

Phyrexian Tower

27% of decks

War Room

25% of decks

Cabal Stronghold

23% of decks

Barad-dûr

23% of decks

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

22% of decks

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

22% of decks

Reliquary Tower

20% of decks

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

19% of decks

Castle Locthwain

17% of decks

Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress

14% of decks

Mortuary Mire

12% of decks

The Black Gate

12% of decks

Susur Secundi, Void Altar

12% of decks

Barren Moor

10% of decks

Midgar, City of Mako

8% of decks

Crypt of Agadeem

6% of decks

Temple of the False God

6% of decks

Shizo, Death's Storehouse

5% of decks

Wasteland

5% of decks

Urza's Saga

5% of decks

Buried Ruin

5% of decks

Lands (16)

Swamp

98% of decks

Malakir Rebirth

34% of decks

Myriad Landscape

34% of decks

Hobbit Hole

24% of decks

Fell the Profane

11% of decks

Agadeem's Awakening

10% of decks

Evolving Wilds

9% of decks

Command Tower

9% of decks

Terramorphic Expanse

8% of decks

Boggart Trawler

8% of decks

Path of Ancestry

8% of decks

Exotic Orchard

6% of decks

Elven Passage

6% of decks

Demolition Field

6% of decks

Urza's Cave

5% of decks

The Grey Havens

5% of decks

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