Gollum, Vile Creature (7C59)

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Gollum, Vile Creature (7C59) is a Gollum Minion from the Return of the King set.

Collection Info
Title Gollum
Subtitle Vile Creature
Unique Yes
Collectible Yes
Set 7 - Return of the King
Rarity C - Common
Card Number 59
Language EN - English
Revision 0
Gameplay Info
Playable Yes
Culture Gollum
Side Shadow
Card Type Minion
Twilight Cost 2
Strength 5
Vitality 4
Site Number 3
Game Text Skirmish: Exert Gollum twice or remove a threat to make him strength +2.
Lore “‘When they come to the bridge they will see us. Come away! Climb, climb!'”
Translations
DE - German


Game Text Kampf: Strenge Gollum zweimal an oder entferne eine Bedrohung, um ihm Stärke +2 zu geben.
Lore "Wenn sie auf die Brücke kommen, werden sie uns sehen. Kommt weg! Klettert, klettert!"
FR - French
IT - Italian


Technical Info
Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN07S059.0
TLHH ID LOTR07059
GEMP ID 7_59
LOTRO Hex ID 6B FF AC 06
LOTRO Image ID 07_059


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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, Stinker (5R25) Gollum is strength +1 for each burden. Each time Gollum wins a skirmish, you may add a burden.
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, 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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