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Sméagol, Helpful Guide LTR 0231 · rare

Sméagol, Helpful Guide · {1}{B}{G} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror · 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. · Power / toughness: 4/2

Sméagol, Helpful Guide · {1}{B}{G} · Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror · 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. · Power / toughness: 4/2

Price
from $0.335 printings
Win rate
55.7% GIH 10,761 instances · Premier Draft
Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 5,990 wins in 10,761 card-in-hand instances.

10,561 distinct games · 3,956 distinct drafts · games recorded Jun 15–Aug 28, 2023.

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

Draft data

55.7%when drawn (GIH)

+0.1 pp vs 55.6% average · 10,761 instances

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

#127 of 251 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 2.4 on average (16,282 packs).

28 of 45 multicolor cards · 12 of 20 multicolor rare cards.

Taken at pick2.55,726 picks
Makes the deck69.5%5,726 picks with known usage
When played53.0%20,415.6 matchesBenched 54.9%
7,490.4 matches
When drawn55.7%10,761 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 54.0% · 4,176 instances
● Drawn later 56.8% · 6,585 instances

In hand 55.7% · 10,761 instances
Unseen in deck 50.4% · 13,708 instances
+5.2 percentage points when drawn

Compared with multicolor cards

Win rate when drawn55.7%10,761 instances28 of 45
Opening hand54.0%4,176 instances28 of 43
Drawn later56.8%6,585 instances26 of 44
In the deck52.8%24,557 instances28 of 45
Without seeing it50.4%13,708 instances25 of 44
Improvement when drawn+5.2 pp10,761 instances / 13,708 instances24 of 44
When benched54.9%7,490.4 matches37 of 45
Makes the deck69.5%5,726 picks with known usage16 of 45
Pick (last seen)2.416,282 packs10 of 45
Taken at2.55,726 picks10 of 45

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–Green BG57.8%2,693 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (55.7% · 10,761 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Frodo Baggins+8.4 pp4,268 games with both in the deck · 921 both drawnWose Pathfinder+4.4 pp11,473 games with both in the deck · 2,811 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 50% 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

5 printingsScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

Pick a printing for its prices and pull odds.

Prices

LTR 0231 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
Nonfoildraft · set$0.33
FoilCollector Booster · draft · set$0.49

Foil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 1,715 packs (0.06%) · 2.1% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a draft · Modeled · About 1 in 86 packs (1.17%) · 34.4% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 645 packs (0.15%) · 4.5% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Nonfoil in a set · Modeled · About 1 in 59 packs (1.68%) · 39.9% per display · MTGJSON model Oct 25, 2026 · How it’s modeled →

Foil in a Collector Booster · Modeled · About 1 in 70 packs (1.43%) · 15.9% 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 BoosterRare or mythic rareRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterTen other Magic cards100%Other Draft and Set Booster printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed rare or mythicRegular cards in this group; no separate share publishedDraft and Set Booster rare printings
Set BoosterGuaranteed traditional foil100%Main set and booster-fun foils
Collector BoosterFoil main-set rare or mythic85.7%Main set · rare

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
Campbell White, LTR 231 · Scryfall ↗
More like this
Black–Green cards → · Regular printing printings →
Sources
Mike Turian and Adam Styborski · Collecting LOTR · Sep 22, 2023
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
Comprehensive Rules ↗