Gollum, Patient Plotter
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.
How Gollum decks play in EDH
Gollum, Patient Plotter is a mono-black commander costing 1B, and its legendary creature - halfling horror line shapes the whole deck around it. Sacrifice is built into the card, which pairs it with cheap recursive creatures and payoffs that trigger when something dies. It works out of the graveyard, so self-mill and cheap recursion effectively become extra card advantage. The cards below are the ones Gollum, Patient Plotter decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $32.49Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Ramp (1)
Card draw (4)
Removal (3)
Creatures (7)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Gollum, Patient Plotter decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.
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What colours can I use in a Gollum, Patient Plotter deck?
Gollum, Patient Plotter has a mono-black colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Gollum, Patient Plotter?
The cards played most often in Gollum, Patient Plotter decks include My Precious // Allure of Power, Gollum, Riddle Master, Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.
How much does a Gollum, Patient Plotter deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $32.49 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.
Can I build a Gollum, Patient Plotter deck from cards I already own?
Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.