Gollum, Riddle Master by band1t33

Format: Commander

Commander: Gollum, Riddle Master

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Gollum, Riddle Master commands a mono-black attrition and combo deck that punishes opponents for casting spells while converting life loss into card advantage and board presence. The deck establishes an early defensive web with persistent drain effects like Creeping Bloodsucker, Fate Unraveler, and Underworld Dreams. As mana expands through Cabal Coffers, Crypt Ghast, and Jet Medallion, the deck shifts from steady chip damage toward game-ending finishers. It seals victory either by generating massive mana for a lethal Torment of Hailfire or Exsanguinate, or by assembling infinite life drain loops using Exquisite Blood or Bloodthirsty Conqueror alongside Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Enduring Tenacity, or Sanguine Bond.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Along the Crooked Way
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Black Widow, Deadly Hunter
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Blood Seeker
  • 1 Bloodchief Ascension
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bontu's Monument
  • 1 Bubbling Muck
  • 1 Cabal Coffers
  • 1 Creeping Bloodsucker
  • 1 Crypt Ghast
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dash Hopes
  • 1 Deadly Dispute
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Diabolic Intent
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Exquisite Blood
  • 1 Exsanguinate
  • 1 Fate Unraveler
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Go for the Throat
  • 1 Gollum, Riddle Master
  • 1 Gollum, Scheming Guide
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grim Tutor
  • 1 Illicit Shipment
  • 1 Imp's Mischief
  • 1 Jet Medallion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Maha, Its Feathers Night
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Nighthawk Scavenger
  • 1 Nightshade Harvester
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Phyrexian Arena
  • 1 Phyrexian Obliterator
  • 1 Polluted Bonds
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rise of the Dark Realms
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sanguine Bond
  • 1 Sheoldred's Edict
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soot Imp
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Splinter's Technique
  • 28 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Darkness Crystal
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Soul Stone
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thrór's Map
  • 1 Torment of Hailfire
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Underworld Dreams
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vampire Nighthawk
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 White Widow, Yelena Belova
  • 1 Without Weakness