Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

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Creature (33)

• 1x Accursed Marauder
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloodghast
• 1x Braids, Arisen Nightmare
• 1x Cankerbloom
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Dreadhound
• 1x Dunedain Rangers
• 1x Fiend Artisan
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gollum, Patient Plotter
• 1x Haywire Mite
• 1x Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia
• 1x Kodama of the East Tree
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scute Swarm
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sporemound
• 1x Springheart Nantuko
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tireless Provisioner
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Witch-king of Angmar
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Land (35)

• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Demolition Field
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Haunted Mire
• 1x High Market
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Witherbloom Campus
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Call of the Ring
• 1x Moldervine Reclamation
• 1x One Ring to Rule Them All
• 1x Shortcut to Mushrooms
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Zendikar's Roil

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Inherited Envelope
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Claim the Precious
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Dryad's Revival
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Rise of the Witch-king
• 1x Sam's Desperate Rescue
• 1x The Ring Goes South
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bombadil's Song
• 1x Corrupted Conviction
• 1x Deadly Dispute
• 1x Nasty End
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Village Rites

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Geode Golem
• 1x Guiltfeeder
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial

Land (1)

• 1x Command Beacon

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Sméagol is a very unique commander. I am unsure how it will go, but I plan to have effects that give me stuff when things get milled, as well as a good Sac outlet. Maybe steal stuff from graveyards too.

*Print BLOODGHAST, Corrupted Conviction

Combos

Kodama of the East Tree + Scute Swarm + Golgari Rot Farm

Cards:
Kodama of the East Tree + Scute Swarm + Golgari Rot Farm

Requires:
Kodama of the East Tree must be on the battlefield. Scute Swarm must be on the battlefield. Golgari Rot Farm must be in hand.

Steps:

1. Play Golgari Rot Farm.
2. Kodama of the East Tree, Golgari Rot Farm, and each Scute Swarm trigger.
3. Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, not putting anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
4. Resolve the Golgari Rot Farm trigger, returning it to your hand.
5. Resolve each Scute Swarm trigger, creating a token copy of Scute Swarm if you control six or more lands, or a 1/1 green Insect creature token otherwise.
6. Kodama of the East Tree triggers for each token that entered the battlefield.
7. Resolve all but one of the Kodama of the East Tree triggers, not putting anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
8. Resolve the last Kodama of the East Tree trigger, putting Golgari Rot Farm onto the battlefield from your hand.
9. Scute Swarm and Golgari Rot Farm trigger.
10. Repeat from step 4.

Results:
Infinite creature tokens. Infinite landfall triggers.

Kodama of the East Tree + Tireless Provisioner + Golgari Rot Farm

Cards:
Kodama of the East Tree + Tireless Provisioner + Golgari Rot Farm

Requires:
Kodama of the East Tree must be on the battlefield. Tireless Provisioner must be on the battlefield. Golgari Rot Farm must be in hand.

Steps:

1. Play Golgari Rot Farm.
2. Kodama of the East Tree, Golgari Rot Farm, and Tireless Provisioner trigger.
3. Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, not putting anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
4. Resolve the Golgari Rot Farm trigger, returning it to your hand.
5. Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Food or a Treasure token.
6. Kodama triggers, putting Golgari Rot Farm onto the battlefield from your hand.
7. Tireless Provisioner and Golgari Rot Farm trigger.
8. Repeat from step 4.

Results:
Infinite colored mana. Infinite Food tokens. Infinite landfall triggers. Infinite lifegain. Infinite lifegain triggers. Infinite Treasure tokens.

Kodama of the East Tree + Rampaging Baloths + Golgari Rot Farm

Cards:
Kodama of the East Tree + Rampaging Baloths + Golgari Rot Farm

Requires:
Kodama of the East Tree must be on the battlefield. Rampaging Baloths must be on the battlefield. Golgari Rot Farm must be in hand.

Steps:

1. Play Golgari Rot Farm.
2. Kodama of the East Tree, Golgari Rot Farm, and Rampaging Baloths trigger.
3. Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, not putting anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
4. Resolve the Golgari Rot Farm trigger, returning it to your hand.
5. Resolve the Rampaging Baloths trigger, creating a 4/4 green Beast creature token.
6. Kodama triggers, putting Golgari Rot Farm onto the battlefield from your hand.
7. Rampaging Baloths and Golgari Rot Farm trigger.
8. Repeat from step 4.

Results:
Infinite creature tokens. Infinite ETB. Infinite landfall triggers.

Sméagol, Helpful Guide + Dúnedain Rangers + Viscera Seer + Rampaging Baloths

Cards:
Smeagol, Helpful Guide + Dunedain Rangers + Viscera Seer + Rampaging Baloths

Requires:
Sméagol, Helpful Guide must be on the battlefield. Dúnedain Rangers must be on the battlefield. Rampaging Baloths must be on the battlefield. Viscera Seer must be on the battlefield. You don't control a Ring-bearer. You have a land card in hand.

Steps:

1. Play a land card, triggering Dúnedain Rangers and Rampaging Baloths.
2. Resolve the Rampaging Baloths trigger, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
3. Resolve the Dúnedain Rangers trigger, causing the Ring to tempt you, and causing the Beast token to become your Ring-bearer.
4. Sméagol triggers.
5. Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the Beast, causing you to scry 1.
6. Resolve the Sméagol trigger, causing an opponent to reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then causing you to put the land onto the battlefield tapped under your control, and your opponent to put all other revealed cards into their graveyard.
7. When the land enters the battlefield, Dúnedain Rangers and Rampaging Baloths trigger.
8. Repeat from step 2.

NOTE: This combo can be stopped if an opponent runs out of lands in their library, so it is recommended to alternate opponents in between cycles to maximize the amount of iterations.

Results:
Near-infinite death triggers. Near-infinite ETB. Near-infinite landfall triggers. Near-infinite LTB. Near-infinite mill. Near-infinite sacrifice triggers. Near-infinite scry 1. Put all land cards from your opponents' libraries onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

Sméagol, Helpful Guide + Dúnedain Rangers + Viscera Seer + Zendikar's Roil

Cards:
Smeagol, Helpful Guide + Dunedain Rangers + Viscera Seer + Zendikar's Roil

Requires:
Sméagol, Helpful Guide must be on the battlefield. Dúnedain Rangers must be on the battlefield. Zendikar's Roil must be on the battlefield. Viscera Seer must be on the battlefield. You don't control a Ring-bearer. You have a land card in hand.

Steps:

1. Play a land card, triggering Dúnedain Rangers and Zendikar's Roil.
2. Resolve the Zendikar's Roil trigger, creating a 2/2 Elemental creature token.
3. Resolve the Dúnedain Rangers trigger, causing the Ring to tempt you, and causing the Elemental token to become your Ring-bearer.
4. Sméagol triggers.
5. Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the Elemental, causing you to scry 1.
6. Resolve the Sméagol trigger, causing an opponent to reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then causing you to put the land onto the battlefield tapped under your control, and your opponent to put all other revealed cards into their graveyard.
7. When the land enters the battlefield, Dúnedain Rangers and Zendikar's Roil trigger.
8. Repeat from step 2.

NOTE: This combo can be stopped if an opponent runs out of lands in their library, so it is recommended to alternate opponents in between cycles to maximize the amount of iterations.

Results:
Near-infinite death triggers. Near-infinite ETB. Near-infinite landfall triggers. Near-infinite LTB. Near-infinite mill. Near-infinite sacrifice triggers. Near-infinite scry 1. Put all land cards from your opponents' libraries onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

Sméagol, Helpful Guide + Dúnedain Rangers + Viscera Seer + Bloodghast

Cards:
Smeagol, Helpful Guide + Dunedain Rangers + Viscera Seer + Bloodghast

Requires:
Sméagol, Helpful Guide must be on the battlefield. Dúnedain Rangers must be on the battlefield. Viscera Seer must be on the battlefield. Bloodghast must be on in the graveyard. You don't control a Ring-bearer. You have a land card in hand.

Steps:

1. Play a land card, triggering Dúnedain Rangers and Bloodghast.
2. Resolve the Bloodghast trigger, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
3. Resolve the Dúnedain Rangers trigger, causing the Ring to tempt you, and causing the Bloodghast to become your Ring-bearer.
4. Sméagol triggers.
5. Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Bloodghast, causing you to scry 1.
6. Resolve the Sméagol trigger, causing an opponent to reveal cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then causing you to put the land onto the battlefield tapped under your control, and your opponent to put all other revealed cards into their graveyard.
7. When the land enters the battlefield, Dúnedain Rangers and Bloodghast trigger.
8. Repeat from step 2.

NOTE: This combo can be stopped if an opponent runs out of lands in their library, so it is recommended to alternate opponents in between cycles to maximize the amount of iterations.

Results:
Near-infinite death triggers. Near-infinite ETB. Near-infinite landfall triggers. Near-infinite LTB. Near-infinite mill. Near-infinite sacrifice triggers. Near-infinite scry 1. Put all land cards from your opponents' libraries onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

7/19/24, $256

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Date added	1 year
Last updated	7 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 23 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Copy Clone, Elemental 2/2 G, Experience Token, Food, Goat 0/1 W, Insect 1/1 G, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Snake 1/1 B, The Ring, The Ring Tempts You, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed
Folders	32 CMDR Challenge