Sméagol, Helpful Guide
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature died under your control this turn, the Ring tempts you. Whenever the Ring tempts you, target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card. Put that card onto the battlefield tapped under your control and the rest into their graveyard.
How Sméagol decks play in EDH
Sméagol, Helpful Guide is a Golgari commander in black and green costing 1BG, and its legendary creature - halfling horror line shapes the whole deck around it. Its ability is narrow enough that the deck is usually built to protect it and repeat the effect, rather than to go wide. The cards below are the ones Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.
Most-played cards
20 cards · about $40.46Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.
Card draw (4)
Removal (1)
Creatures (10)
Synergy & payoffs (5)
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Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Sméagol, Helpful Guide 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 Sméagol, Helpful Guide deck?
Sméagol, Helpful Guide has a Golgari colour identity, so every card in the deck must be black and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.
What are the best cards for Sméagol, Helpful Guide?
The cards played most often in Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks include My Precious // Allure of Power, Gollum the Abandoned, Gollum, Riddle Master. 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 Sméagol, Helpful Guide deck cost?
The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $40.46 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 Sméagol, Helpful Guide 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.