Umm... Broken? I can only imagine how sick this card is if you manage to cheat it onto the battlefield with Goblin Lackey or Warren Instigator
Hovercraft
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I'm not sure why competitive goblin decks with Æther Vial do not play this as well. To me seems totally worth spending like $5 on one. I would assuredly play 1 copy in any goblin deck and toss out almost anything else in it's place. Many people seem to be playing multiple copies of Goblin Sharpshooter or Siege-Gang Commander . Playing this with a Goblin Warchief in play is nuts. Being able to have mana open and playing a commander at no cost then counter your friend's Swords To Plowshares seems very playable to me...
tom_hero
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
The pro-white is what makes this worthwhile, IMO. Legacy Goblins already has 8 cards that let you drop goblins for free, which only cost 1.
He was actually instrumental in teaching me about why it's important to look at CMC of cards. I put him into goblin decks thinking he would be absolutely amazing, but most of the time I ended up finding that by the time I cast him, I didn't have many goblins left in my hand anyway - I had played them all on earlier turns! He really only excelled when I was able to cheat him into play with a Lackey... and, well, I already had a Lackey in play, so the Wizard was playing a "win more" role.
Still, not relying on forcing combat damage through makes him stand alone in doing what he does, so I am quite fond of him. As others have pointed out, too, the pro-white is a nice bonus. My goblins used to run afoul of Tundra Wolves and White Knights all the time, so being able to survive that damnable first strike wall was like a breath of fresh air!
SirMalkin
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
This thing is also useful for playing a Shrieking Mogg during your opponents turn right before their attack.
Taudisban
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like Mogg Catcher better, three CMC any gobbo in your library.
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I can only imagine how sick this card is if you manage to cheat it onto the battlefield with Goblin Lackey or Warren Instigator
Legacy Goblins already has 8 cards that let you drop goblins for free, which only cost 1.
He was actually instrumental in teaching me about why it's important to look at CMC of cards. I put him into goblin decks thinking he would be absolutely amazing, but most of the time I ended up finding that by the time I cast him, I didn't have many goblins left in my hand anyway - I had played them all on earlier turns! He really only excelled when I was able to cheat him into play with a Lackey... and, well, I already had a Lackey in play, so the Wizard was playing a "win more" role.
Still, not relying on forcing combat damage through makes him stand alone in doing what he does, so I am quite fond of him. As others have pointed out, too, the pro-white is a nice bonus. My goblins used to run afoul of Tundra Wolves and White Knights all the time, so being able to survive that damnable first strike wall was like a breath of fresh air!
This guy does allow for the interesting possibility of a turn five Siege-Gang Commander into Skirk Fire Marshal. That could be really awesome in a Hidetsugu's Second Rite deck.