I'm taking this guy to Worlds. No, I'm dead serious. 2 power on a goblin! If you play a lord he has 3! Merfolk have nothing on him, except maybe a cantrip.
wstonefi
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
They really need to stop reprinting this. Goblin Shortcutter is much more useful, represents red's mechanics better, and also works perfectly well in the core set. There's no reason to keep reprinting this trash instead of him.
quiteanass
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(2 votes)
3/5 He could be good Goblin Grenade fodder, that's about it.
Vandarringa
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Wound up with about 4 of these in my draft deck at the launch party. I left them out, but I should have played some of them, because I was short on 2-drops, and my goblin grenade sat uselessly in my hand most of the time. Even this guy has his role.
I do think Goblin Shortcutter would be a good core set replacement, but then red would need another plain vanilla creature somewhere, and let's face it, they're always bad. At least Bonebreaker Giant is an improvement on M11's Berserkers of Blood Ridge.
Areps
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
fails to cancel
Salient
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Let's propose neat abilities for the vanilla creatures that get printed in each new core set. Who knows, a bored Wizards developer may happen upon one...
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Bludgeon (When Goblin Piker deals combat damage to a player, you may pay . If you do, Goblin Piker deals damage equal to its power to target creature.)
Dr_Fletchers
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(6 votes)
"Once he'd worked out which end of the thing was sharp, he was promoted to guard duty."
5/5 just for the flavour text :-)
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(15 votes)
He discovered which end of the spear is sharp back in 1998, and he's been riding on that discovery ever since.
Binaro
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I think it's okay to give new players cards like this, because they need to figure out which end of the thing is sharp first. If you throw at them a bunch of powerful cards w/ a ton of texts, they're gonna get confused really quick. Let them start out with simple things, and then let them explore what they decide to be 'good' or 'bad', and eventually they'll become more experienced players. After all, letting them fail is letting them learn. Furthermore, in a game of a new player against a new player, what's wrong with a Goblin Piker vs. a Runeclaw Bear?
SquirePath
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Smart enough to use magic, not smart enough to wear their pants the right way 'round. Try working that out. ~ Walter
It would be a bad day in magic if they ever printed bears for and . I mean, 99 percent of tourney decks running ,, or have x4 Glory Seeker, Walking Corpse, or Runeclaw Bear right??
Oh whats that?? They dont?? AND THIS IS A BAD CARD??? Well that just completely blows up their logic for Goblin Piker and Coral Merfolk.
DritzD27
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I still don't really get why Wizards has held out for so long against giving a vanilla bear without some sort of drawback. I mean, at this point it is down to and and frankly that baffles me.
blindthrall
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
I hate the "we print crap cards for new players argument" because it boils down to "we use player ignorance to justify packing 70% of boosters with useless jank."
Ferlord
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Ok, here's a thing:
Lance. That's a card. It gives enchanted creature First Strike. In reality, it is a long spear-like weapon.
Pike. A weapon used in Medieval times. It is a long spear-like weapon.
I know changing the card now wouldn't make sense, but why didn't they initially make the card with First Strike? maybe even a 1/1? Why why why why why why why?!
Kaleidostorm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Poor little guy deserves having first strike and being gold for his efforts.
I hope the people complaining about a 2/1 for two in a spell color aren't the same people complaining about creature power creep. That'd sure be embarrassing.
But as for true vanillas, Yes, Red is Aggro. But it is NOT a creature color. The list is, with top being the best creature color, and bottom the worst,
Green
White
Black
Red
Blue
This is why black has a bear and red does not. The color wheel is more colmpex than Aggro/Control or Direct Damage/Card Draw.
Continue
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
If it's any consolation to this guy, 2/1 creatures for 2 are commonly called Pikers. Of course, most of them are better than him.
CogMonocle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ITT: people don't understand limited, even if nowadays Goblin Shortcutter
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He figured out which end of the thing was sharp.
I do think Goblin Shortcutter would be a good core set replacement, but then red would need another plain vanilla creature somewhere, and let's face it, they're always bad. At least Bonebreaker Giant is an improvement on M11's Berserkers of Blood Ridge.
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Bludgeon
5/5 just for the flavour text :-)
Furthermore, in a game of a new player against a new player, what's wrong with a Goblin Piker vs. a Runeclaw Bear?
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Oh whats that?? They dont?? AND THIS IS A BAD CARD???
Well that just completely blows up their logic for Goblin Piker and Coral Merfolk.
Lance. That's a card. It gives enchanted creature First Strike. In reality, it is a long spear-like weapon.
Pike. A weapon used in Medieval times. It is a long spear-like weapon.
PIKE = LANCE = FIRST STRIKE.
GOBLIN PIKER =/ FIRST STRIKE
I know changing the card now wouldn't make sense, but why didn't they initially make the card with First Strike? maybe even a 1/1? Why why why why why why why?!
But as for true vanillas, Yes, Red is Aggro. But it is NOT a creature color. The list is, with top being the best creature color, and bottom the worst,
Green
White
Black
Red
Blue
This is why black has a bear and red does not. The color wheel is more colmpex than Aggro/Control or Direct Damage/Card Draw.