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Gollum's Bite LTR 0085 · uncommon

Gollum's Bite · {B} · Instant · Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: The Ring tempts you. Activate only as a sorcery. · "It was Pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment; Gollum has some part to play yet, before the end." —Gandalf, to Frodo

Gollum's Bite · {B} · Instant · Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. {3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: The Ring tempts you. Activate only as a sorcery. · "It was Pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment; Gollum has some part to play yet, before the end." —Gandalf, to Frodo

Price
from $0.182 printings
Win rate
61.3% GIH 63,089 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 38,644 wins in 63,089 card-in-hand instances.

59,470 distinct games · 19,307 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Play

Cheap -2/-2 can remove an early creature; later its graveyard ability advances the Ring at sorcery speed.

More

One-pick Draft
Cheap -2/-2 can remove an early creature; later its graveyard ability advances the Ring at sorcery speed.

Draft data

61.3%when drawn (GIH)

+5.7 pp vs 55.6% average · 63,089 instances

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

#19 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.5 on average (51,894 packs).

6 of 38 black cards · 3 of 11 black uncommon cards.

Taken at pick2.824,201 picks
Makes the deck85.3%24,201 picks with known usage
When played58.3%112,976.2 matchesBenched 54.6%
11,341.8 matches
When drawn61.3%63,089 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 59.8% · 24,603 instances
● Drawn later 62.2% · 38,486 instances

In hand 61.3% · 63,089 instances
Unseen in deck 55.6% · 75,553 instances
+5.6 percentage points when drawn

Compared with black cards

Win rate when drawn61.3%63,089 instances6 of 38
Opening hand59.8%24,603 instances9 of 38
Drawn later62.2%38,486 instances7 of 38
In the deck58.2%138,793 instances7 of 38
Without seeing it55.6%75,553 instances11 of 38
Improvement when drawn+5.6 pp63,089 instances / 75,553 instances8 of 38
When benched54.6%11,341.8 matches32 of 38
Makes the deck85.3%24,201 picks with known usage10 of 38
Pick (last seen)2.551,894 packs14 of 38
Taken at2.824,201 picks13 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

Black–Red BR63.1%17,940 instancesBlue–Black UB63.1%11,743 instancesWhite–Black WB61.7%9,144 instancesBlack–Green BG60.0%3,428 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (61.3% · 63,089 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Mordor Muster+2.7 pp59,066 games with both in the deck · 15,802 both drawnShire Scarecrow+7.9 pp3,207 games with both in the deck · 803 both drawnBewitching Leechcraft+6.8 pp3,541 games with both in the deck · 982 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 93% 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

Collect

2 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0085 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set · jumpstart$0.18
Foildraft · set · Collector Booster$0.26

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 10 packs (10.00%) · 85.0% 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
Anton Solovianchyk, LTR 85 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
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Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗