The weird thing to think about is that whilst smeagol steals a land on trigger, he always takes at most 1 land but a minimum of 1 card. This means that the net result is mana flooding for your enemies as their remaining deck becomes more and more land then gas.... Pretty ironic.
It’s definitely a mind game as well especially when they need a land and you steal it off the top 🤣 it can get pretty crazy when you start doing it up to 3 times a turn when we get multiple ring tempting effects the deck oozes mana.
ive been running this as a sacrifice focused deck, where ive been running meren, savra and compy swarm, alongside nazgul, witchking of angmar, witchking bringer of ruin, and smeagol where my opponent either has to focus on my tempted by the ring and nazgul, or my sacrifice and compy swarm focus. As compy swarm works amazingly in a sacrifice deck. That aswell as dropping doubling season to double compy tokens and +1 +1 counters from nazgul.
My suggestions here are Altar of Dementia. Altar of the Brood, and cards that make creature tokens on EACH player's upkeep like Beledros Witherbloom and Verdant Embrace (Gollum needs more toughness anyway). Sword of Body and Mind pairs really well together with Hollowhenge Overlord in this strategy. Curse of the Restless Dead works for the Dunedain Rangers combo. Creakwood Liege yada yada yada L A N D F A L L
For sure there’s definitely a lot of stuff I added for the little extra ooomph that really doesn’t need to be in there. I can take a look at it later if I forget the best way is to just @Me on discord hahadiscord.gg/YrdvKvDX
I’d suggest Shirei. All the Nazgûl’s are 1 power which means you can sac one on each players turn and it’ll come back and have the ring tempt you each turn.
So currently im using smeagol with five nazgul, syr konrad, sporemound, and witchs cauldron so the thing im struggling with is getting my pieces and also having some defense, cuz the moment i tutor konrad i find i become top target, this along with needing reliable mana rocks/ card draw is a struggle. Any budget cards that could help my game plan?
The dúnedain rangers combo does mill. It says until they reveal a land and then put the rest in the graveyard. If you tempt infinitely then they will reveal all the cards left in their deck and dump the rest in the bin, no?
The thing that cuts us off is not having a land from the Sméagol ability so as long as you’re holding an extra land in hand to get another trigger you could definitely mill someone out! 😁
What are you typically targeting for Last March of the Ents? Obviously Greensleeves is the ideal but it feels a lil too pricey to cast with not much payoff. Maybe I'm just missing it
Usually I’d target a Nazgûl. It’s important to note their power can get insanely out of hand if you have as little as two on the battle field every time the ring tempts you you’re throwing 2 counters on them. Budget wise I see what you’re saying but if you have the budget I’d say definitely toss it in this guy generates an insane amount of mana very quickly. At its worse you draw 4 and throw all your creatures into play which honestly is still worth the mana.
Bloodbond March is kinda crazy - I played it in a relentless rats deck "Whenever a player casts a creature spell, everyone reanimate all creatures with the same name"
I’ve found even if they target Sméagol you end up with enough lands to recast him every turn. His commander tax is basically negated as long as you make your land drop and can get the the ring to tempt you.
