Gollum, Stinker (5M1)

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Gollum, Stinker (5M1) is an Oversized Gollum promotional card from the Battle of Helm's Deep set. It was released via the Convention Store in Summer 2003.


"They began to call him well-preserved, but unchanged would have been nearer the mark."
This card is a Oversized print of Gollum, Stinker (5R25) .
Gameplay is theoretically identical to that card, although oversized cards are not tournament legal; its strategy article is shown below regardless.
Collection Info
Title Gollum
Subtitle Stinker
Unique Yes
Collectible Yes
Notes Oversized.
Set 5 - Battle of Helm's Deep
Rarity M - Megasized Promo
Card Number 1
Language EN - English
Revision 0
Gameplay Info
Playable No
Culture Gollum
Side Shadow
Card Type Minion
Twilight Cost 2
Strength 5
Vitality 4
Site Number 3
Game Text Gollum is strength +1 for each burden. Each time Gollum wins a skirmish, you may add a burden.
Lore “‘Still he's a Baggins, my precious, yes, a Baggins. A Baggins stole it. He found it and he said nothing. We hates Bagginses.'”
Technical Info
Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN05M001.0
TLHH ID LOTR05M01
GEMP ID 5_1
LOTRO Hex ID 69 B5 C4 04
LOTRO Image ID 05_025


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Alternate Personas[edit]

Portrait Name Game Text
Gollum, Nasty Treacherous Creature (5C24) Regroup: Discard Gollum to exert a companion or ally.
Gollum, Old Villain (6C40) Skirmish: Discard a card from hand to make Gollum strength +1 (or +2 if skirmishing a Ring-bound companion).
Gollum, Plotting Deceiver (7R58) If you have initiative during the Shadow phase, you may play this minion from your discard pile.
Gollum, Vile Creature (7C59) Skirmish: Exert Gollum twice or remove a threat to make him strength +2.
Gollum, Dark as Darkness (9R+28) Shadow: Exert Gollum twice to exert the Ring-bearer.

Shadow: Remove a burden to add . Skirmish: Remove a burden to add . Regroup: Remove a burden to add .

Regroup: Exert Gollum twice to wound the Ring-bearer.

Gollum, Mad Thing (10R21) To assign Gollum to a skirmish, the Free Peoples player must make Gollum strength +3 until the regroup phase or add a burden.
Gollum, Skulker (11R42) Lurker. (Skirmishes involving lurker minions must be resolved after any others.)

Skirmish: Exert Gollum twice to make another minion strength +2.

Gollum, Her Sneak (13U50) While a card titled Déagol is removed from the game, Gollum is strength +2 and fierce.

Shadow: Remove a card titled Déagol in your discard pile from the game to play this minion from your discard pile.

Gollum, Hopeless (15R43) At the start of each skirmish involving Gollum, he is strength +X until the end of that skirmish, where X is the Ring-bearer’s strength.
Gollum, Threatening Guide (19P10) Gollum is strength +1 for each threat you can spot.

Each time Gollum wins a skirmish, you may add a threat.

Gollum, Worker of Mischief (0W5) To play, spot a condition. Menace - When you play Gollum you may make the move limit for this turn –1.
Gollum, Wretched Creature (0W18)


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