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I can't believe how good this is, given the draw-and-drop nature of goblins and stacking Goblin Ringleaders however your mana sees fit.

Turn 4: Play Goblin Charbelcher
Turn 5: Play the Recruiter, put about 20 goblins on top of your deck, then activate your Charbelcher.
Rest of game: Laugh Maniacally

Yeah i got two of these in an old tempest starter box in my old goblin deck , men it s been a long time ...

@Gwafa_Hazid
I got a better idea:
Turn 1: Mountain, Rite of Flame, Rite of Flame, Goblin Charbelcher
Turn 2: Mountain, Goblin Recruiter (stack 20+ goblins on top)
Turn 3: Mountain, activate Charbelcher, you win!

is there anything that can be used instead of recruiter in legacy?

There's a reason this card is banned in Legacy.

And no, there is no real substitute for Goblin Recruiter. If there were, it would probably be banned as well.

@HeenaHeena: i seriously hope you're joking... unless you inted to tell the world that Dwarves are better than Goblins... that and the 1 mana difference in their costs is a huge balance difference

@Snarfinturtle
You're not very creative are you?
Dwarven Recruiter
Artificial Evolution

Much harder to abuse sure, as it requires 4 mana, 2 colors, and 2 cards as opposed to 2, one and one. However... you could really stand to be more open minded in such a powerful ruleset as magic.

search for a boggart shenanigans, skirk drill sergeant, skirk prospector, siege-gang commander, and four mogg war marshals in that order. Draw and play the first two. When you play the skirk prospector, sacrifice goblin recruiter for a red, then tap two more mana to activate skirk drill sergeant to get siege-gang commander. Sacrifice the three goblins that come into play to do it again for the mogg war marshal. Then you can sacrifice mogg war marshal and the two other goblins you get to do it again (do this for all the mogg war marshals. When you've used all four of them, you're opponent would be at 4 from the boggart shenanigans. Sacrifice skirk drill sergeant and skirk prospector for two red mana, then sacrifice siege-gang commander to use his ability. This deals 5 damage total, 3 from boggart shenanigans, which of course would add to 16 to get 21, a three turn win from playing goblin recruiter.

You can also put more boggart shenanigans in the beginning to deal about double the damage. With four out, this method can deal 74 damage in 6 turns. This is what I do instead of using goblin charbelcher.

Powerful card, with combos or not.

But the art is... Whats the word...
5 for the card, and -0.5 for the art.

4.5/5

Conspiracy

The Oracle flavor text is missing an exclamation point.

One problem with red decks is that they tend to run out of steam very quickly. Combo potentials aside, Goblin Recruiter allows you to put useful cards on top of your library without end, which is what you need to deliver the last killing blow.

paladinbrice69 and Evermint,
what about Dwarven Recruiter?

Edit: yeah, true there's no subsititute for goblin recruiter

Combos with....playing a game with cards. :p

For perspective, Not Legal in a format where Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Stoneforge Mystic, Arcbound Ravager, and Disciple of the Vault, all dance merrily around a bonfire.

Mogg Maniac + Skirk Fire Marshal

If you're playing goblin tribal in Commander, this is the first card you tutor for. Accept no substitutes.

Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Bushwhacker

Charge!

Food chain + goblin ringleader + this was good times.

The times that win in a single turn.

Good thing this is banned in legacy; if anyone in my casual playgroup tries to run it, I can throw the "vintage-only cards aren't casual" argument at them. It's probably a warranted ban too, given how powerful it is in a goblin tribal deck. For 2 mana you completely eliminate randomness from your deck. That is to say, after you successfully resolve this, you get perfect draws, provided you start with enough lands to get everything out.

to take your deck and set it up how you wish. Yeaaaaah thats fair.
.5/5

My favourite goblin of all time (Raging Goblin aside), and the MVP of my old Goblin Chain deck.

Best-case scenario, a swift turn 2 win...

Turn 1: Mountain, Mox Diamond, Goblin Recruiter, search for all my goblins and put 1 Goblin Ringleader on top and the remaining 3 at every 4th card thereafter.

Turn 2: Mountain, Food Chain, remove Goblin Recruiter from the game, cast any one-drop goblin I already had in hand (e.g. the aforementioned Raging Goblin, Goblin Lackey, Mogg Fanatic, you name it), and remove with Food Chain as done before with Goblin Recruiter. Cast Goblin Ringleader with my new 4 mana, pick up my 4 new goblins, including my next Goblin Ringleader. Sacrifice the Goblin Ringleader in play to Food Chain, get 5 mana, and repeat the above process 3 times. By the end, I had 8 mana to play with, and a huge hand of goblins to cast.

A typical turn 2 kill would usually be brought about by 1x Goblin Warchief and 4x Goblin Piledrivers swinging for 38.

There was one particularly funny occasion where my opponent realised what as going on and decided to double Marrow Shard me before my combat damage step, effectively killing off my goblins and preventing a turn 2 kill with the small sacrifice of paying 2 life (he payed 1 Marrow Shard with the single Plains he had in play from turn 1 and the other with 2 life). Unfortunately for him, I played a Blood Crypt I happened to have in my first hand and a Rite of Flame I drew the next turn (turn 4), followed by Patriarch's Bidding. The look on his face was priceless.

This + Genesis Wave in a R/G/B Goblin EDH Deck (Shattergang Brothers as Commander). Hilarity will ensue.