Sméagol, Helpful Guide (Foil) (LTR)

Sméagol, Helpful Guide
Casting Cost: {1} {b} {g}
Card type: Legendary Creature - Halfling Horror
Power/Toughness: 4/2
Card Text:
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.
Artist: Campbell White

Card Strengths and Weaknesses:

• Strengths:

  • Potentially Fast Mana Ramp via Acquiring Opponent's Lands.
  • Can synergy with decks that focus on sacrifying creatures or destroying them.
  • Milling Opponents Can Potentialy Deprive Them of Key Cards.

• Weaknesses:

  • Relatively low toughness, susceptible to most removal spells.
  • The effect is Dependent on having a creature that under your control.

Deck Utility:

• Sacrifice Decks: Fits seamlesly into decks that frequently have creatures dying as part of their strategy, triggering its ring temptation ability.

• Disaster decks: In Golgari Colors, IT Offers An Unconventional Form of Ramp by Stealing Opponent's Lands.

• Mill Decks: Can be used to fuel graveyard-based strategies or to potentialy Rob Opponents of Key Resources.

Interactions and Combos:

• Grave Pact: Ensures that creatures are likely to die killing each turn, triggering sméagol's ability.

• Ramunap Excavator or Crucible of Worlds: These cards allow you to play lands from your graveyard, adding value in case sméagol gets your lands milled.

• Deathrite Shaman: Can capitalize on the milling effect by exiling key cards from opponent's graveyard for added benefits.

• Avenger or Zendikar or Field of the Dead: Both of these cards Couldit Immelely from the extra lands Sméagol Puts Onto Your Battlefield.

Sméagol, Helpful Guide is a unique and flavor-packed card that sacrifices some interesting synergies, particularly for decks that focus on sacrifying creatures or ramping quickly. It could serve as a potent engine in the right deck, providing not just ramp but also a milling effect that could the game in your favor.