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Gollum, Patient Plotter LTR 0084 · uncommon

Gollum, Patient Plotter · {1}{B} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror · 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. · Power / toughness: 3/1 · "They'll take it, steal my Precious. Thieves. We hates them."

Gollum, Patient Plotter · {1}{B} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror · 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. · Power / toughness: 3/1 · "They'll take it, steal my Precious. Thieves. We hates them."

Price
from $0.235 printings
Win rate
60.5% GIH 61,050 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 36,933 wins in 61,050 card-in-hand instances.

58,084 distinct games · 19,014 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

17Lands file dated Aug 30, 2023 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

60.5%when drawn (GIH)

+4.9 pp vs 55.6% average · 61,050 instances

Premier Draft · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · average from 980,485 games

#30 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.4 on average (49,723 packs).

11 of 38 black cards · 5 of 11 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick2.723,254 picks
Makes the deck86.4%23,254 picks with known usage
When played57.9%109,158.4 matchesBenched 54.8%
10,088.6 matches
When drawn60.5%61,050 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 60.6% · 24,526 instances
● Drawn later 60.4% · 36,524 instances

In hand 60.5% · 61,050 instances
Unseen in deck 55.4% · 72,449 instances
+5.1 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn60.5%61,050 instances11 of 38
Opening hand60.6%24,526 instances7 of 38
Drawn later60.4%36,524 instances13 of 38
In the deck57.7%133,787 instances10 of 38
Without seeing it55.4%72,449 instances13 of 38
Improvement when drawn+5.1 pp61,050 instances / 72,449 instances11 of 38
When benched54.8%10,088.6 matches27 of 38
Makes the deck86.4%23,254 picks with known usage7 of 38
Pick (last seen)2.449,723 packs10 of 38
Taken at2.723,254 picks12 of 38

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

White–Black WB62.5%9,553 instancesBlack–Red BR62.4%17,306 instancesBlue–Black UB60.7%11,178 instancesBlack–Green BG59.7%3,455 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (60.5% · 61,050 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Samwise the Stouthearted+5.2 pp7,831 games with both in the deck · 1,819 both drawnBreaking of the Fellowship+3.8 pp12,863 games with both in the deck · 2,776 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 88% of 251 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023

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5 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0084 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.23
Foildraft · set · Collector Booster$0.30

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,075 packs (0.09%) · 3.3% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 30 packs (3.35%) · 70.6% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 358 packs (0.28%) · 8.0% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 24 packs (4.13%) · 71.7% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 39 packs (2.53%) · 26.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a jumpstart · Modeled · About 1 in 5 packs (20.00%) · 98.2% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

How to pull it

Official rates for the whole category, not this card.

BoosterSlotPer packCategory
Draft BoosterCommon or foil33%Main set and booster-fun foils
Draft BoosterUncommons100% per positionDraft and Set Booster uncommon printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil uncommons100% per positionFoil uncommons other than Nazgûl

Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR ↗ · Sep 22, 2023

Details & sources

Legal in
Historic · Timeless · Modern · Legacy · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Lorenzo Mastroianni, LTR 84 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗