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Gollum, Patient Plotter

Card Name

Gollum, Patient Plotter

Mana Cost

1

Type

Legendary Creature – Halfling Horror

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield, the Ring tempts you., Sacrifice a creature: Return Gollum from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

Flavor Text

"They'll take it, steal my Precious. Thieves. We hates them."

Legal Formats

Commander, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(6/16/2023)
As the Ring tempts you, you get an emblem named The Ring if you don't have one. Then your emblem gains its next ability and you choose a creature you control to become (or remain) your Ring-bearer.
(6/16/2023)
The Ring can tempt you even if you don't control a creature. In this case, abilities that trigger "whenever the Ring tempts you" will still trigger.
(6/16/2023)
If the creature you choose as your Ring-bearer was already your Ring-bearer, that still counts as choosing that creature as your Ring-bearer for the purpose of abilities that trigger "whenever you choose a creature as your Ring-bearer" or abilities that care about which creature was chosen as your Ring-bearer.
(6/16/2023)
The Ring gains its abilities in order from top to bottom. Once it gains an ability, it has that ability for the rest of the game.
(6/16/2023)
Each time the Ring tempts you, you must choose a creature if you control one.
(6/16/2023)
Each player can have only one emblem named The Ring and only one Ring-bearer at a time.
(6/16/2023)
Some spells and abilities that cause the Ring to tempt you may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. The Ring won't tempt you.