Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets (9R+30)

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Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets (9R+30) is a Gollum Companion from the Reflections set.

EN Nonfoil First Edition EN Foil First Edition EN Nonfoil Revision 1 DE Nonfoil First Edition FR Nonfoil First Edition IT Nonfoil First Edition

Collection Info Title Sméagol Subtitle Bearer of Great Secrets Unique Yes Collectible No Notes You do not add a burden when you start this card as your Ring-bearer. (Your Ring-bearer is placed on the table, not played.) Set 9 - Reflections Rarity R+ - Rare Plus Card Number 30 Language EN - English Revision 0

Gameplay Info Playable Yes Culture Gollum Side Free Peoples Card Type Companion Twilight Cost 0 Strength 3 Vitality 4 Resistance 7 Game Text Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time the fellowship moves, place an unbound companion in the dead pile. Regroup: If Sméagol is the Ring-bearer, add 2 burdens to discard each minion. Lore “‘...he used it to find out secrets, and he put his knowledge to crooked and malicious uses.'”

Translations DE - German Game Text Ring-verbunden. Lege eine Lastmarke auf den Ringträger, um Sméagol zu spielen. Lege, jedes Mal, wenn sich die Gemeinschaft bewegt, einen nicht-verbundenen Gefährten auf deinen Friedhof. Sammeln: Lege 2 Lastmarken auf den Ringträger, um alle Diener abzulegen, wenn Sméagol der Ringträger ist. Lore "...und er benutzte ihn, um Geheimnisse aufzuspüren, und er machte von seinem Wissen auf unredliche und boshafte Weise Gebrauch." FR - French IT - Italian

Technical Info Wiki Base Card ID LOTR-EN09S030.0 TLHH ID LOTR09030 GEMP ID 9_30 LOTRO Hex ID 6E 45 95 08 LOTRO Image ID 09_030

Strategy

Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets is probably the stranges Alternate Ring-Bearer. His weird way of outright killing Unbound Companions is super annoying and that only leaves Faramir and his Ring-bound rangers of Ithilien (seeing as those are the only companions he won't instantly murder). Smeagol, BoGS is only seen in the strange Solo Smeagol stratergy. Solo Smeagol isn't a very good stratergy though (unless you are an extremely skillfull player). His regroup ability is great when double moving but the burdens do add up pretty quickly. So all in all a weird and wacky card (in a good way).

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Rulings

Please note that His to play add a burden doesn't affect him if he is the Ring-bearer.

Alternate Personas

Portrait	Name	Game Text
	Sméagol, Old Noser (5C28)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Regroup: Exert Sméagol (or Gollum) twice to reveal the top 4 cards of your draw deck. Wound a minion for each Shadow card revealed. Place those 4 cards beneath your draw deck in any order.
	Sméagol, Slinker (5R29)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Add a burden to make Sméagol strength +2 and take no wounds.
	Sméagol, Poor Creature (6C45)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Discard a card from hand to make Sméagol strength +1.
	Sméagol, Always Helps (7R71)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Assignment: Assign a minion to Sméagol and add 2 threats to exhaust that minion.
	Sméagol, Hurried Guide (7C72)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: If you have initiative, discard 2 cards from your hand. Sméagol cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
	Sméagol, Slippery Sneak (8R27)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Add a number of threats equal to the total vitality of the minions Sméagol is skirmishing to discard Sméagol. Regroup: Discard Sméagol to take a minion from your discard pile into hand.
	Sméagol, Scout and Guide (11R51)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time Sméagol wins a skirmish, you may play the fellowship's next site. Skirmish: If Sméagol is at a marsh, exert him to cancel a skirmish involving him.
	Sméagol, Simple Stoor (13U55)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. For each card titled Déagol in your discard pile, Sméagol is strength +2 and resistance –1. Each time Sméagol wins a skirmish, you may take a card from your draw deck and place it in your discard pile.
	Sméagol, Wretched and Hungry (15R49)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each Ring-bound companion is resistance +1. Skirmish: Exert 2 Ring-bound Hobbits to make Sméagol strength +1 and prevent him from being overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
	Sméagol, Pitiable Guide (19P11)	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time Sméagol wins a skirmish, you may shuffle up to 2 cards from your discard pile into your draw deck. Skirmish: Exert a Ring-bound companion to make Sméagol strength +2. ​

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