this guy is a bit overpowered in my opinion since you can sacrifice any creature to untap him as well, as if he'd have something like "Whenever a creature you control is put into a graveyard from play, you may have Goblin Sharpshooter deal one damage to target creature or player", just better.
the balanced version of this guy would be "Whenever a creature dealt damage by Goblin Sharpshooter is put into a graveyard from play, untap Goblin Sharpshooter." on the other side, you should enable him to untap during the untap step in this case since his ability won't trigger if your opponent has any options to sacrifice the targeted creature...
stygimoloch
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
I know Goblin Piledriver is better, but I prefer Sharpshooter. I love him even more nowadays, for his cold, callous mocking laughter directed at Bitterblossom and all it holds dear.
Dalek9
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I love this Goblin! I love him even more when I found out about his great synergy with Green Kamhal. I Gun down yo' lands!
Antihero420
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(6 votes)
I have a "Tim" deck, and for those who don't know what a "Tim" creature is it is any creature with the ability "Tap, (Creatures name) deals one damage to target Creature or player." named after the sorcerer named "Tim" in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. ANY ways I use Four of these Bad Boys in my deck and recently added a new card which is THE FREAKING BOMB with this sweet little guy. wanna know what it is? of course you do that is why you are reading this. Quietus Spike + Goblin Sharpshooter = GUN DOWN EVERY FREAKING CREATURE ON THE BOARD THAT ISN'T YOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I pull this little combo off in a multiplayer game EVERYBODY starts moaning and groaning. I mean seriously it feels pretty sweet to kill Every other creature on the board that doesn't regenerate or is indestructible. just felt like sharing that lil bit of info with the world. have fun Sharpshooting(who are we kidding with the spike in hand he is the freakin UNSTOPPABLE Goblin Sniper!) And when you pull it off on your friends you remember to give the ANTIHERO credit k? cool beans
Peace out Antihero, the American Zero
a7141988
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(6 votes)
@Antihero420: Well, you never actually attack with the sharpshooter, so why not use Gorgon Flail? It's cheaper (both playing it and equipping it) and pumps the guy up slightly, which could protect it somewhat.
Saha
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
My friends whine that this is overpowered even when I don't have any sacrifice things so I don't use it much. :(
Kartakass
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(12 votes)
This guy and "Living Plane" from legends for some hilarious land destruction.
This card has great flavor, and though hes a little powerful, I'd love to see him in standard again.
HairlessThoctar
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
I'm gonna say it;
Best goblin card ever. Fact is, it can be completely insane even if it's the only Goblin in your entire deck.
Kryptnyt
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Basilisk Collar is much cheaper than the flail and the spike, and LIFELINK is awesome with him too! he just made a new friend in worldwake.
flothenator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
From what I have seen in the posts, i think you all are missing the potential. goblin sharpshooter + any death touch artifact + natures revolt = game over
Dregrage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's awesome, the harvester of 1 toughness guys.
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy's a monster. Friggin' awesome. Incidentally, it's super fun to Mirrorweave this guy in a 4 person game with a cluttered board :P
achilleselbow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Could work well with Death Pits of Rath. Also hoses new Eldrazi decks that rely on the 0/1 spawn tokens.
cloneffect
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 from me. This little guy is the ***. He's awesome. A mate of mine runs one, and I didn't appreciate just how fun and cool it was until one merry day I mind controlled his...and proceeded to wipe out all his other goblins in one turn. Fun stuff when lined up against eldrazi spawn, equipped with basilisk collar for deathtouch (wipe the board of literally every single creature you don't control), or just for sheer *** and giggles, getting 4 out. A team of these guys could take out a 4/4, or take out a 1/1, deal 3 damage to you, and still untap....best goblin I've seen, ever.
VoidedNote
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Horobi, Death's Wail... and this make a devestating combo.
Ideatog
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(4 votes)
Love this card!
The other day I was playing against ravager affinity (yes, I know) and my opponent drops his first ravager, a 1/1. So I shoot it for 1 damage. In response, he sacrifices an artifact creature (a myr, I think) to make it 1 bigger. I untap my Sharpshooter and shoot him again. We went through this cycle four times before he asked "How are you doing that?" Naturally, after he had read the card, I let him take it back and sacrifice an artifact land instead.
Go Sharpshooter!
Lateralis0ne
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Mode, you're trying to fix perfection. Just let it be.
Never has math been so fun as when you attack with an army of goblins and a sharpshooter untapped.
coconaught
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I use this card in combination with an Aether Flash and Sprouting Phytohydra to deal some massive damage to my opponents. Everytime a Phytohydra dies from aether flash I get to untap Goblin Sharpshooter and hit them again so it turns more into a Goblin Machinegunner.
bijart_dauth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card. A awesome on its own and epic in combo.
Now welcome the Lord of the Dance!This is one of my personal favorite cards in Magic and I have a deck built around it and his Scepter (Thornbite Staff). So many fun options and combos with this one. Want a turn 4 win? This + Splinter Twin. Board control is achieved with Basilisk Collar! For a more lengthy combo: Krosan Restorer+this+Thornbite Staff+Hissing Iguanar+ Forbidden Orchard. I would stay away from the Godhead of Awe because it would be too clunky to try to force it into a deck with Sharpshooter, but then again for a duel color deck I shy away from three singular mana costed card. Awesome so it may be if you can get it off. My only sadness is that it is not modern legal. *sigh* If only.
Kikke
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i used to have a elves deck...and this ,my friend, always was my worst nightmare
FreelanceEvilGenius
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Looked through the comments and didnt find the answer I was looking for. Love this card but got in a debate with my roommate about multiple creatures going to the graveyard at the same time. Im not sure if this is the right place to ask a rules related question if not let me know where I should and I opologize for the error.
The Question: When multiple creatures go to the grave yard at the same time say, A Flamewave kills 6 2/2 critters. How many times can I untap and tap the Goblin Sharpshooter? Just once because the all go to the graveyard at the same time? Or once as each critter is placed on the graveyard?
Is the answer different for creatures going to the graveyard from the battlefield after being killed via attacking and blocking if a few creatures die on both sides will I be able to tap and untap my goblin for each creature or do they all go in one lump pile of bodies?
I understand that if the effect also kills the sharpshooter then hes out.
NickNarwhal
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
sharpshooter eats weenies for breakfast. i play white weenie. i hate this guy. D;
Concerned_Bystander
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Use with Mogg Infestation, wholesale slaughter on a humerous scale.
Destroy2777
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy+ he gains deathtouch= goblin machinegunner.
mogonk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Freelance
If one effect kills multiple creatures, they all die simultaneously, meaning you can untap sharpshooter once. You'll never get multiple untaps off one spell.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This guy is positively evil while also being hilarious. The most complex mental math I've ever attempted in a game of Magic has been when I've got this guy, Skirk Prospector and other goblins in play at once.
@FreelanceEvilGenius, mogonk: mogonk, that's actually incorrect. From the Comp. Rules, rule 603 - Handling Triggered Abilities:
603.2c An ability triggers only once each time its trigger event occurs. However, it can trigger repeatedly if one event contains multiple occurrences. See also rule 509.4. Example: A permanent has an ability whose trigger condition reads, "Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, . . . ." If someone casts a spell that destroys all lands, the ability will trigger once for each land put into the graveyard during the spell's resolution.
So, Freelance, in your Flame Wave example, if you kill 6 creatures, 6 copies of Sharpshooter's "when a creature dies, untap me" ability go on the stack. You'll get priority each time that ability resolves, too, which means that you can tap the Sharpshooter in response to each of these untap abilities to deal one damage to something. You could use the Sharpshooter to finish off your opponent's 10-toughness Leviathan, say, or you could machine-gun your opponent for 6 bonus damage.
Judgemaster_Rolan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combined with Horobi, Death's Wail, his ability is now essentially:
"Your X/1 is dead." I said to my friend, tapping and untapping my sharpshooter. He scoffed and proceed to raise it from the dead and put it back on the field. "It's dead again." He looked at me wide eyed and glanced down at my hand. Slowly he moved his creature from the field to the graveyard as I untapped my sharpshooter, mirroring his pace. At that moment he realized what he was dealing with and promptly Doom Bladed it.
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He lives sideways. Cranking out the kills, getting all the achievements.
Madrai
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Give it infect.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this guy is excellent, and I could easily see him Reprinted at either Rare or Mythic or else a Mythic based on this Design being slightly more serious. Or rather, even a *tad* more flavorful (right now this guy's FPS class is "Sniper" going by his name, but he really cares a Heavy Fricking Metal Arsenal)
So like, "Goblin Superblaster" or something like that could be a name for it.
He's really really good, but there have been plenty of 'Pushed Tims' that were considered completely koshr for Standard even with Basilisk Collar. Giving him Deathtouch makes him abosolutely Tier 1, and Lifelink might make him almost oppressive.
But he's still a Very Fun and flavorful Design, just about perfect for a Core Set. I see an inspired-by card in the works as shoe-in for the Modern Format, eventually. He's one of the worst-in-the-best-way Goblins (almost unfair), but Goblins are never *actually* bad like Titans. the only one that ever got banned in anything was Goblin Lackey (not really counting Goblin Recruiter as it was SO old and so STUPID that it's safe to say Wizards back then really had not a good grasp on some very basic fundamental concepts we assume today. Goblin Lackey was a legitimate attempt at Designing a good card that got out of hand. It after all looked Very restrictive at the time, when nobody thought you'd pay more than 3 for a Goblin. And therefore I actually judge Lackey's Designers more than Recruiter's, they have fewer excuses.)
Fun card with tons of combos and a nightmare for someone swarming you with 1/1s! Loved this card in Goblin Bidding since you're sacing goblins left right and centre anyways points for just being a fun card 4/5
chronocide
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
As an after thought, this guy should be the new poster child for the feminist movement.
Very easily busted. Using him to kill animated lands is cruel and unusual. Deathtouch might be a tad too much as well. Even as a means of killing pesky x/1 creatures, or popping on that last point of damage, he can stand on his own. Use him to ping something whenever a creature dies. Any combo sends him crashing over the top. 5/5
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the balanced version of this guy would be "Whenever a creature dealt damage by Goblin Sharpshooter is put into a graveyard from play, untap Goblin Sharpshooter."
on the other side, you should enable him to untap during the untap step in this case since his ability won't trigger if your opponent has any options to sacrifice the targeted creature...
Peace out
Antihero, the American Zero
infinate damage and growth combo of armageddon, there is little that could stop this goblin with those 2 peices of equipment
Best goblin card ever.
Fact is, it can be completely insane even if it's the only Goblin in your entire deck.
Incidentally, it's super fun to Mirrorweave this guy in a 4 person game with a cluttered board :P
The other day I was playing against ravager affinity (yes, I know) and my opponent drops his first ravager, a 1/1. So I shoot it for 1 damage. In response, he sacrifices an artifact creature (a myr, I think) to make it 1 bigger. I untap my Sharpshooter and shoot him again. We went through this cycle four times before he asked "How are you doing that?" Naturally, after he had read the card, I let him take it back and sacrifice an artifact land instead.
Go Sharpshooter!
Flavor: 5/5
Combo: 5/5
Overall: Awesome.
"I ping your River Kaijin for 4. And then you for 4."
So many fun options and combos with this one. Want a turn 4 win? This + Splinter Twin.
Board control is achieved with Basilisk Collar!
For a more lengthy combo: Krosan Restorer+this+Thornbite Staff+Hissing Iguanar+ Forbidden Orchard.
I would stay away from the Godhead of Awe because it would be too clunky to try to force it into a deck with Sharpshooter, but then again for a duel color deck I shy away from three singular mana costed card. Awesome so it may be if you can get it off. My only sadness is that it is not modern legal. *sigh* If only.
The Question: When multiple creatures go to the grave yard at the same time say, A Flamewave kills 6 2/2 critters. How many times can I untap and tap the Goblin Sharpshooter? Just once because the all go to the graveyard at the same time? Or once as each critter is placed on the graveyard?
Is the answer different for creatures going to the graveyard from the battlefield after being killed via attacking and blocking if a few creatures die on both sides will I be able to tap and untap my goblin for each creature or do they all go in one lump pile of bodies?
I understand that if the effect also kills the sharpshooter then hes out.
If one effect kills multiple creatures, they all die simultaneously, meaning you can untap sharpshooter once. You'll never get multiple untaps off one spell.
@FreelanceEvilGenius, mogonk: mogonk, that's actually incorrect. From the Comp. Rules, rule 603 - Handling Triggered Abilities:
603.2c An ability triggers only once each time its trigger event occurs. However, it can trigger repeatedly if one event contains multiple occurrences. See also rule 509.4.
Example: A permanent has an ability whose trigger condition reads, "Whenever a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, . . . ." If someone casts a spell that destroys all lands, the ability will trigger once for each land put into the graveyard during the spell's resolution.
So, Freelance, in your Flame Wave example, if you kill 6 creatures, 6 copies of Sharpshooter's "when a creature dies, untap me" ability go on the stack. You'll get priority each time that ability resolves, too, which means that you can tap the Sharpshooter in response to each of these untap abilities to deal one damage to something. You could use the Sharpshooter to finish off your opponent's 10-toughness Leviathan, say, or you could machine-gun your opponent for 6 bonus damage.
"0: Destroy target creature."
Humility would erase Sharpshooter's effect. It makes All creatures in play 1/1 vanilla.
He scoffed and proceed to raise it from the dead and put it back on the field.
"It's dead again." He looked at me wide eyed and glanced down at my hand.
Slowly he moved his creature from the field to the graveyard as I untapped my sharpshooter, mirroring his pace.
At that moment he realized what he was dealing with and promptly Doom Bladed it.
So like, "Goblin Superblaster" or something like that could be a name for it.
He's really really good, but there have been plenty of 'Pushed Tims' that were considered completely koshr for Standard even with Basilisk Collar. Giving him Deathtouch makes him abosolutely Tier 1, and Lifelink might make him almost oppressive.
But he's still a Very Fun and flavorful Design, just about perfect for a Core Set. I see an inspired-by card in the works as shoe-in for the Modern Format, eventually. He's one of the worst-in-the-best-way Goblins (almost unfair), but Goblins are never *actually* bad like Titans. the only one that ever got banned in anything was Goblin Lackey (not really counting Goblin Recruiter as it was SO old and so STUPID that it's safe to say Wizards back then really had not a good grasp on some very basic fundamental concepts we assume today. Goblin Lackey was a legitimate attempt at Designing a good card that got out of hand. It after all looked Very restrictive at the time, when nobody thought you'd pay more than 3 for a Goblin. And therefore I actually judge Lackey's Designers more than Recruiter's, they have fewer excuses.)
4/5
I swear there's a Warhammer unit that does this exact same thing...
can you not