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Sméagol, Helpful Guide

Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror

· Golgari

· #344 (7,492 decks)

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.

Budget

Filters

No tap-lands Fetchable only Snow basics

31 lands · total $99.98 budget: $100

Composition 16 Basics 8 Other Nonbasic 1 Bond Lands 1 Check Lands 1 Karoos (Bouncelands) 1 Pain Lands 1 Shock Lands 1 Tainted Lands 1 Tap Duals

Top Lands · By Real-Deck Inclusion

$99.88 12

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Filler · Cycle Picks

$0.10 1

Foul Orchard

generic-tapped

$0.10

Filler · Other Nonbasics

$0.00 2

Basics

$1.28 16

Best Pricey Adds · Real-Deck Upgrades

Lands real expensive-variant Sméagol, Helpful Guide decks run that your current build doesn't include yet. Ranked by how often they appear in actual decks.

Verdant Catacombs

82% of expensive decks

$27.25

Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

78% of expensive decks

$14.15

Bayou

77% of expensive decks

$457.17

Boseiju, Who Endures

65% of expensive decks

$49.17

Cabal Coffers

47% of expensive decks

$23.10

Underground Mortuary

46% of expensive decks

$12.78

Misty Rainforest

41% of expensive decks

$36.71

Marsh Flats

41% of expensive decks

$31.53

Windswept Heath

39% of expensive decks

$10.67

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

38% of expensive decks

$11.90

Bloodstained Mire

38% of expensive decks

$17.61

Wooded Foothills

38% of expensive decks

$16.69

About This Manabase

Sméagol, Helpful Guide is a Golgari commander with a BG color identity, so any land that produces only those colors is fair game. Our auto-built manabase above starts at the Optimized $100 tier and ranks every pick by how often real EDHREC decks actually run it — so shocks and fetches show up where the budget allows, dropping to scry lands, gain lands, and tap-duals as the cap tightens. From the catalogued cycles, the picker pulled Foul Orchard for Sméagol, Helpful Guide's manabase.

Pick a tier above to reshape the manabase. The Budget ($25) tier mirrors what budget-deck players actually run — mostly basics and the cheapest utility lands; Optimized ($100) shifts to the “default” EDHREC variant with shocks, fast lands, and a couple of fetches when the budget allows; Unlimited uses the expensive-variant data — originals, full fetch suites, and premium duals appear when in identity. Filter out tap-lands for faster decks, or pin yourself to fetchable lands for a fetch-heavy ramp shell.