---
name: "Gollum's Bite"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "LTR"
set_name: "The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anton Solovianchyk"
oracle_id: "cf0492de-cec5-4455-839f-212246b7e9ea"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gollums-bite-ltr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gollum's Bite
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
{3}{B}, Exile this card from your graveyard: The Ring tempts you. Activate only as a sorcery.

> *"Foi a piedade que conteve a mão de Bilbo. Não se apresse em julgar e condenar à morte; Gollum ainda tem algum papel a cumprir antes do fim."
— Gandalf, a Frodo*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant
2. [Moment of Craving](/printing/moment-of-craving-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant
4. [Gollum the Abandoned](/printing/gollum-the-abandoned-hob.md) — Legendary Creature — Halfling Horror
5. [Gnashing of Teeth](/printing/gnashing-of-teeth-hob.md) — Sorcery
6. [Wring Flesh](/printing/wring-flesh-m12.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) #85
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anton Solovianchyk
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`