Sméagol, Helpful Guide
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Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

Golgari sacrifice deck that tempts with the Ring each turn, stealing opponents' lands while milling them out.
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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 a land. You put that land onto the battlefield tapped under your control, and the rest go to their graveyard. Every trigger ramps you and mills an opponent. The deck runs sacrifice outlets and recursive creatures to force a death each turn, plus extra tempt effects and landfall payoffs.
In the recorded games, Sméagol mostly played as land theft and mill. Stolen lands fueled landfall cards like Tireless Tracker and Tireless Provisioner, and the milled cards gave the deck reanimation targets. Bloodghast was a reliable recurring creature to sacrifice, and one game ended with an unexpected mill win off a recursive loop. Leyline of the Void kept opponents from using the cards Sméagol dumped into their graveyards. With only a handful of recorded games, it's hard to say much more. It did fall behind once to aggressive creature boards that it couldn't block well.
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New Cards
Fresh cards from recent sets that players are experimenting with in Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks.
High Synergy Cards
Cards that work exceptionally well with Sméagol, Helpful Guide's abilities and overall game plan.
Call of the Ring
Sam's Desperate Rescue
Claim the Precious
Bombadil's Song
Dúnedain Rangers
Nazgûl
Bloodghast
Inherited Envelope
Scute SwarmTop Cards
The most popular and reliable cards that form the backbone of successful Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks.
Call of the Ring
Sam's Desperate Rescue
Claim the Precious
Bombadil's Song
Dúnedain Rangers
Nazgûl
Bloodghast
Scute Swarm
Sakura-Tribe ElderGame Changers
Powerful cards that can single-handedly turn the tide of a game when resolved.
Field of the Dead
The One Ring
Orcish Bowmasters
Crop Rotation
Vampiric Tutor
Worldly Tutor
Demonic TutorCreatures
Essential creatures that complement Sméagol, Helpful Guide's strategy through synergy, utility, or raw power.
Rampaging Baloths
Viscera Seer
Avenger of Zendikar
Tireless Provisioner
Reassembling Skeleton
Carrion Feeder
Lotus Cobra
Springheart Nantuko
Accursed Marauder
Wight of the Reliquary
Morbid Opportunist
Tireless Tracker
Woe Strider
Plaguecrafter
Cankerbloom
Blood Pet
Sporemound
Mossborn Hydra
Fleshbag Marauder
Dauthi Voidwalker
Iridescent Vinelasher
Haywire Mite
Insidious Fungus
Delighted Halfling
Shriekmaw
Ophiomancer
Eternal Witness
Orcish Bowmasters
Umbral Collar Zealot
Birds of Paradise
Warren Soultrader
Deathrite Shaman
Pitiless Plunderer
Elves of Deep Shadow
Mirkwood Bats
Blood Artist
Zulaport Cutthroat
Llanowar Elves
Elvish MysticInstants
Key instant-speed responses for protection, removal, and keeping Sméagol, Helpful Guide safe.
Nasty End
Village Rites
Entish Restoration
Corrupted Conviction
Deadly Dispute
Malakir Rebirth
Crop Rotation
Go for the Throat
Beast Within
Flare of Malice
Not Dead After All
Fell the Profane
Saw in Half
Deadly Rollick
Harrow
Assassin's Trophy
Infernal Grasp
Revitalizing Repast
Vampiric Tutor
Entomb
Worldly Tutor
Tear Asunder
Heroic Intervention
Dark Ritual
Abrupt Decay
PutrefySorceries
Important sorcery spells that advance Sméagol, Helpful Guide's game plan and control the board.
Rise of the Witch-king
Rise of the Dark Realms
Breach the Multiverse
Reanimate
Victimize
Lash of the Balrog
Diabolic Intent
Shadow of the Enemy
Torment of Hailfire
Deadly Brew
Unearth
Final Vengeance
Eaten Alive
Exsanguinate
Toxic Deluge
Bala Ged Recovery
Agadeem's Awakening
Sign in Blood
Eldritch Evolution
Decree of Pain
Blasphemous Edict
Read the Bones
Damnation
Diabolic Tutor
Feed the Swarm
Buried Alive
Night's Whisper
Harmonize
Demonic Tutor
Finale of Devastation
Dread Return
Casualties of War
Three Visits
Farseek
Culling Ritual
Nature's Lore
Kodama's Reach
Rampant Growth
CultivateUtility Artifacts
Versatile artifacts that provide ongoing value, card selection, or strategic advantages.
The One Ring
Ashnod's Altar
Altar of Dementia
My Precious
Phyrexian Altar
Amulet of Vigor
Mindcrank
Chocobo Racetrack
Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree
Blackblade Reforged
Bilbo's Ring
Strionic Resonator
Skullclamp
Altar of the Brood
Tarrian's Journal
Birthing Pod
Mithril Coat
Cauldron of Essence
Conduit of Worlds
The Great Henge
Lightning Greaves
Swiftfoot BootsEnchantments
Powerful enchantments that support Sméagol, Helpful Guide's strategy and create lasting battlefield effects.
One Ring to Rule Them All
Awakening Zone
Zendikar's Roil
Spelunking
Bloodchief Ascension
Retreat to Hagra
Curse of the Restless Dead
Sapling Nursery
Evolutionary Leap
Vampiric Rites
Chthonian Nightmare
Animate Dead
Dancing from Dark to Dawn
Eusocial Engineering
Compost
Bloodbond March
Deathreap Ritual
Virtue of Persistence
Part in Friendship
Retreat to Kazandu
Phyrexian Reclamation
Moldervine Reclamation
Phyrexian Arena
Grave Pact
Journey to Eternity
Bitterblossom
The Meathook Massacre
Black Market Connections
Sylvan Library
Bastion of RemembrancePlaneswalkers
Planeswalkers that work alongside Sméagol, Helpful Guide to provide ongoing value and board presence.
Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Vraska, Golgari QueenUtility Lands
Non-basic lands that offer additional utility beyond just mana production.
Field of the Dead
Barad-dûr
Phyrexian Tower
High Market
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Cabal Coffers
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress
Bojuka Bog
Field of Ruin
Temple of the False God
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
Midgar, City of Mako
Susur Secundi, Void Altar
Ba Sing Se
Shifting Woodland
Boseiju, Who Endures
The Shire
Grim Backwoods
Reliquary Tower
Rogue's PassageMana Artifacts
Artifacts focused on mana acceleration and color fixing for consistent gameplay.
Inherited Envelope
Mind Stone
Sol Ring
Golgari Signet
Talisman of Resilience
Arcane SignetLands
The mana base foundation for Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks, ensuring smooth and reliable mana development.
Evolving Wilds
Malakir Rebirth
Shire Terrace
Fabled Passage
Hobbit Hole
Myriad Landscape
Terramorphic Expanse
Verdant Catacombs
Boggart Trawler
Snow-Covered Swamp
Snow-Covered Forest
Demolition Field
Marsh Flats
Bala Ged Recovery
Prismatic Vista
Riveteers Overlook
Misty Rainforest
Fell the Profane
Bloodstained Mire
Polluted Delta
Wooded Foothills
Disciple of Freyalise
Undergrowth Stadium
Windswept Heath
Golgari Rot Farm
Underground Mortuary
Bayou
Revitalizing Repast
Darkbore Pathway
Overgrown Tomb
Deathcap Glade
Nurturing Peatland
Blooming Marsh
Exotic Orchard
Tainted Wood
Woodland Cemetery
Swamp
Forest
Wastewood Verge
Haunted Mire
Command Tower
Viridescent Bog
Necroblossom Snarl
Llanowar Wastes
Turbulent Fen
Vernal Fen
Temple of Malady
Jungle Hollow
Twilight Mire
Path of AncestrySméagol, Helpful Guide Deck Stats
Based on 7,809 Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks.
| Mana value | Cards |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 |
| 7 | 1 |
| 9 | 1 |
- Creature 33
- Instant 8
- Sorcery 11
- Artifact 8
- Enchantment 7
- Planeswalker 1
- Land 31
| Card type | Cards |
|---|---|
| Creature | 33 |
| Instant | 8 |
| Sorcery | 11 |
| Artifact | 8 |
| Enchantment | 7 |
| Planeswalker | 1 |
| Land | 31 |
Lands: 16 basic, 15 nonbasic
| Month | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 311 |
| 2024-11 | 343 |
| 2024-12 | 270 |
| 2025-01 | 252 |
| 2025-02 | 190 |
| 2025-03 | 247 |
| 2025-04 | 287 |
| 2025-05 | 294 |
| 2025-06 | 312 |
| 2025-07 | 378 |
| 2025-08 | 370 |
| 2025-09 | 445 |
| 2025-10 | 369 |
| 2025-11 | 357 |
| 2025-12 | 361 |
| 2026-01 | 385 |
| 2026-02 | 432 |
| 2026-03 | 374 |
| 2026-04 | 470 |
| 2026-05 | 362 |
| 2026-06 | 351 |
| 2026-07 | 382 |
| 2026-08 | 321 |
| 2026-09 | 379 |
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