wotc
If you only have one card in your library as Gollum, Scheming Guide's ability resolves, you'll look at that card, put it back on top of your library, and then continue with the ability as normal.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #292
Gollum, Scheming Guide
ltr·#292·rare·nonfoil
Illus. Dmitry Burmak
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Jun '23
3 yr ago
Value
$1.95+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $0.95 · low $0.87
Volatility · moderate
TIX0.03 tixEUR€1.14USD$0.95
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #9,109 · Niche pick
Variants
Gameplay
Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror
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.
2/1
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawllegal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
If you have no cards in your library as Gollum, Scheming Guide's ability resolves, your opponent's guess will not be right no matter what they guess. That means you'll draw a card, or more accurately, attempt to draw a card from your empty library and therefore (usually) lose the game.
wotc
You reveal the card even if your opponent guessed correctly.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 16 hours ago at $0.95, holding the same level over the trailing thirty days. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $1.02 across 37 observations — a moderately swinging band. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from LTR — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #292 of *The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2023 The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #9,109 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Dmitry Burmak. Rarix catalogs 419 other cards credited to this artist.
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Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Dmitry Burmak
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