Gollum, Silent Slinker // Meager Meal
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A strong common that provides an efficient 4/3 menace body after first upgrading a creature and gaining 2 life. It is especially valuable in BG, where either half can help establish the 4-power threshold for Ferocious.
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Gameplay notes
Cast Meager Meal early when the counter improves your curve or activates Ferocious, but do not delay the 4/3 menace body merely to find a perfect counter target. Against menace, removing or trading off one of the opponent's potential blockers before combat can make Gollum effectively unblockable.
Key synergies
Gollum's 4 power reliably turns on The Chief Warg's Ferocious attack trigger, letting the menace attackers pressure the opponent while generating a card each combat.
Gollum enables Nighthowl Pursuer's Ferocious bonus by himself, turning the one-drop into a 3/3 menace attacker. Meager Meal can also make another 3-power creature reach the required threshold before Gollum is cast.
Casting Meager Meal on a Goblin or Goblin Army puts a counter on it, directly triggering The Great Goblin to deal 2 damage while permanently enlarging the creature.
Meager Meal is a cheap noncreature spell that triggers Bothersome Noisemaker to amass Goblins 1; afterward, Gollum remains available to cast from exile, so the interaction does not cost a creature card.
Meager Meal puts a +1/+1 counter on any creature, causing Great Ugly-Looking Goblin to grant that creature menace; both cards also provide later creature casts after delivering their early effects.