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Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror // Sorcery — Adventure · 3BB
Color identity: Black
Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones.
Rules text:
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
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Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. Target player gains 2 life. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)
Reference price of the card: €0.04
Average lands in decks for Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal: 37
ControlFoodLifegainUnblockable
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The list people actually play per EDHREC (the 99 most-included cards, with its average land count), simulated with the EDH Optimizer engine: hands, mulligans, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health of the average list: C+ (61/100)
- Consistency6
- Speed55
- Interaction53
- Resilience74
- Closing99
See the cards of the average deck · 99 cards, 37 lands (7 nonbasic, 30 Swamp)
Sol Ring · Night's Whisper · Sign in Blood · Arcane Signet · Bilbo's Deadly Slice · Bog Imp · Cat-Gator · Death Charmer · Dry Spell · Exquisite Blood · Gollum, Obsessed Stalker · Gollum, Riddle Master · Gurmag Angler · Haunt of the Dead Marshes · Imp's Mischief · Mire Triton · Noggin Whack · Quagmire Lamprey · Sinister Starfish · Springleaf Drum · Anchovy & Banana Pizza · Back for Seconds · Black Market Connections · Blood Artist · Bloodchief Ascension · Braids, Arisen Nightmare · Bumbleflower's Sharepot · Campfire · Charcoal Diamond · Chrome Companion · Consuming Corruption · Crypt Incursion · Dark Ritual · Devour Flesh · Discerning Taste · Dockside Chef · Dread Presence · Dreaded Bat-Cloud · Dubious Delicacy · Fear of Lost Teeth · Feast of Succession · Feed the Cauldron · Feed the Cycle · Feed the Swarm · Feign Death · Fellwar Stone · Fishing Gear · Fishing Pole · Giant's Skewer · Gnashing of Teeth · Gollum the Abandoned · Gollum, Patient Plotter · Gollum, Scheming Guide · Gollum's Bite · Jet Medallion · Marauding Blight-Priest · Mind Stone · Moment of Craving · Morbid Opportunist · My Precious // Allure of Power · Namazu Trader · Nocturnal Hunger · Path of Ancestry · Hidden Grotto · Hidden Necropolis · Piranha Marsh · Rogue's Passage · Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth · Witch's Cottage
🃏 Recommended cards for Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
The highest-synergy cards in decks for Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal, with their inclusion rate.
| Card | Inclusion | Synergy |
|---|---|---|
| Quagmire Lamprey | 43% | +43% |
| Death Charmer | 43% | +43% |
| Noggin Whack | 43% | +43% |
| Bog Imp | 43% | +43% |
| Gurmag Angler | 43% | +43% |
| Dry Spell | 43% | +43% |
| Sinister Starfish | 43% | +43% |
| Cat-Gator | 43% | +42% |
| Gollum, Obsessed Stalker | 43% | +42% |
| Bilbo's Deadly Slice | 43% | +42% |
| Gollum, Riddle Master | 43% | +42% |
| Haunt of the Dead Marshes | 43% | +42% |
| Mire Triton | 43% | +41% |
| Springleaf Drum | 43% | +41% |
| Path of Ancestry | 43% | +38% |
| Night's Whisper | 57% | +32% |
| Exquisite Blood | 43% | +30% |
| Vicious Hunger | 29% | +29% |
| Fishing Pole | 29% | +29% |
| Bumbleflower's Sharepot | 29% | +28% |
| Feed the Cauldron | 29% | +28% |
| Giant's Skewer | 29% | +28% |
| Chrome Companion | 29% | +28% |
| Fishing Gear | 29% | +28% |
💰 The best cards for your Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal deck, by budget
Three tiers based on the maximum price PER CARD you are willing to pay. Paste your list and hit Optimize: you pick that cap and the AI only suggests swaps that fit under it.
Tier 1 · Budget up to €2/card
The most value for almost nothing. Coming from a precon? Start here.
- Quagmire Lamprey
- Death Charmer
- Noggin Whack
- Bog Imp
- Gurmag Angler
- Dry Spell
Tier 2 · Balanced up to €10/card
The real step up: pieces that are no longer cheap but still sensible.
- Gollum, Riddle Master
- Fishing Gear
- Sickening Shoal
- Campfire
- Saw in Half
- Imp's Mischief
Tier 3 · No cap no cap
The cards your price cap was hiding from you.
- Exquisite Blood
- Bloodchief Ascension
Reference prices (cheapest English printing). They change daily.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal's color identity?
Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal is black: its deck can only run cards of that color plus colorless ones. Color identity comes from every mana symbol on the card, including those in the rules text, not just the casting cost.
What turn does Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal come down, and how often does the deck get stuck?
In the average Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal deck (the 99 most-included cards per EDHREC, with 37 lands), simulated 4,000 times, the commander comes down on turn 3.8 on average and is on the battlefield before turn 7 in 100 % of games. It misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 27 % of the time and floods 35 %. Deck health: C+ (61/100).
How many lands should a Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal deck run?
Real Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal decks run 37 lands on average. That is a starting point, not a rule: a lower curve can shave one or two, big-mana builds want more. The EDH Optimizer simulator tells you, over 10,000 games, how often you get mana screwed or flooded with your exact count.
What are the best cards for Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal?
The three highest-synergy cards are Quagmire Lamprey, Death Charmer, Noggin Whack. This page lists the top 24 with their real inclusion rate in Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal decks.
What combos does Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal have?
We have no known combos catalogued for Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal. That does not mean there are none — just that they do not show up in the public combo databases.
How much does a Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal deck cost?
You can start cheap: Quagmire Lamprey, Death Charmer, Noggin Whack are under €2 each. The "Level up" section on this page splits the best cards into three price caps PER CARD (up to €2, up to €10 and no cap), and the optimizer only suggests swaps that fit the cap you pick.