i love that card, yet i still just don't get why this guy has protection from blue. on one side, that ability doesn't make this card broken, but it's a slightly unfair, redundant advantage the card actually wouldn't have needed, in my opinion.
stygimoloch
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(6 votes)
@ Mode: "i still just don't get why this guy has protection from blue." - anti Psychatog tech.
LInK-
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5.0)(7 votes)
really nice card.... have an extraordinary combo whit this...
its aweosme
christos87
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(7 votes)
This guy's pro-Blue ability is simply justified by the picture which shows it chewing a blue mage! ;)
aeboy337
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(4 votes)
i think it was pro blue b/c they didnt want you to be able to use "artificial evolution" to change the text to a different creature type. they thought that would be "too" good, lol
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(10 votes)
It was given protection from blue specifically to counter Psychatog.
Anyone who thinks this is overrated has obviously never played against it and never played against sligh, either.
Bensted
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(7 votes)
It always bugged me that this cards flavor text seems like it belongs to Sieg-Gang Commander
DrPompousMD
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'd say it's the best goblin in the game, but for one simple reason - they *always* block it, or kill it. Personally I think Dolmen Gate is perfect for these, and for goblin decks in general.
Why does it have protection from blue? Because red hates blue, that's why.
feliciano182
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(5 votes)
This guy + Bloodmark Mentor = Murder
zombietomb
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(5 votes)
One of the best cards ever imho, if only for the fact it's won me more games than anything else.
AngelxLegna
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
Don't feed him after dark....
LarsBM
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Excellent addition to any goblin deck.
NARFNra
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(20 votes)
To show how insane this is, let's show a quote from UG Madness: Player 1 - Turn 1: Drop a Mountain, Skirk Prospector, go. Player 2 - Turn 1: Island. Go. Player 1 - Turn 2: Mountain, sac the Prospector, Play a Goblin Warchief, go. Player 2 - Turn 2: Forest, Spawning Pit, go. Player 1 - Turn 3: Mountain, play 3 piledrivers, attack for 23. Play again? Player 2: O.o
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(7 votes)
Man I Want Him He's So Hard To Get I Hope They Reprint Him Cuz He's A BEATER
TheWrathofShane
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(6 votes)
@mode agreed. It just makes it so in the rare situation when a gobln deck with this is facing a mono blue deck, its not fair. when this hits the board u either counter it or scoop. Honesty when im playing with a friend with a mono blue, i tell him to ignore the protection and treat it if it wasnt there.
divine_exodus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I like......
LTJZamboni
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
If it weren't for the protection I'd say this was worse than Goblin Wardriver
iandustrial
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
He drives the pile (of goblins).
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"He doesn't like you! I don't like you, either!"
blurrymadness
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
This guy single-handedly turns around games. No joke.
It's insane to watch as you're going to win next turn and you leave one too few blockers up. BAM 15 damage comes through with the advent of some haste and a few 1/1s . I've definitely lost in times where I had a 10+ life lead on the opponent and this guy... I just can't sufficiently put it into words. He's ridiculous and if you can't imagine winning the game off his back you're a terribly player.
Cards like this are what you point to if someone gets kocky about new cards. This guy with haste and some 1/1s are all you need to beat face efficiently.
@Zamboni How would it EVER be worse? Assume you have this guy and a 1/1 compared to a wardiver and a 1/1 Piledriver + 1/1 = 4 damage Wardiver + 1/1 = 4 damage Piledriver + 2x1/1 = 7 damage Wardiver + 2x1/1 = 6 damage Piledriver + 3x1/1 = 10 damage Wardiver + 3x1/1 = 8 damage
Now, wardiver may spread it out, but who cares!? Goblins/Red have plenty of instant speed effects that make a creature unblockable until end of turn or similar. They're both excellent cards, but I would say Piledriver takes the cake by a mile.
Thanato5
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The best goblin out there in my opinion.
Areps
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
fails to cancel
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If Intimidate were a keyword when this was made, it would have that rather than the bizarre pro-blue.
It has protection because Blue mages are the ones that are the most fun to piledrive, of course!
wiseguy20
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wardiver's mana cost can't be reduced by other abilities or effects (like goblin warchief), while piledriver can be reduced to {R}.
As I've already learned the hard way about Goblin Lackey vs Warren Instigator, an extra {R} in exchange for double strike was not a fair enough tradeoff, and REALLY weakens the card's ability to get hits in and get goblins out on the table for free.
FoxxyEDarko
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I played a legacy goblin deck against my reanimator deck, blazing archon solved this issue quick enough.
Shannnnoonn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Hey foxy.... I've seen some things beat piledriver goblins before... But not reanimate... Not very consistantly anyway.... It's a little slow for piledriver...
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As everyone has mentioned, this thing can single-handedly drive goblin decks. I would say it is only second to goblin lackey. (And there its because you can use said lacky to put out these evil mothers and other support) If this is on the field you had better have a plan to get it off ASAP, if you're blue it is your entire job to prevent this from getting that far.
Lord_Ascapelion
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Even if this gave +1/+0 for each attacking goblin, I think it would have been too good.
Destruction3402
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is insane. Instant 4x in your goblin deck if you can play it.
Kragash
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
"fails to cancel " - Areps
"Cavern of Soul'ed!!! Trololololol" - Kragash
jstorrie
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A reprint of this would be so nice right now. Dodges Vapor Snags!
Charlie_Owens_Version_1
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(3 votes)
The definition of irony: Naming a card "Goblin Piledriver", then having the picture on the card show a Goblin Sleeper.
Then again, goblins are kinda tiny; who could they piledrive aside from another goblin?
boneclub
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I can just imagine that guy with a shrill girly scream "MERCY!"
Ligerman30
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It feels like it has built in cranial plating except instead of counting artifacts it counts goblins.
Stormbringer007
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Pro Tip: Don't let your goblin deck leave home without four of these in there.
I love the flavor text! Blue happens to be my favorite though (let the ridicule begin), so this card is quite unsettling.
Combofriend
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Essential in goblin decks 5/5
ZiotheZero
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
I finally got ONE of these for my gob deck (3 more to go!). My bud and I were trading and he happened to find one in his collection. He totally forgot he had it, but remembered and confessed upon pulling it back out that he didn't want to trade this to me cuz he didn't want me playing it against him. 11 years later he finally gives it to me. The feels man, the feels.
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hmmm, this would be an interesting thing to reprint at some point. But unlikely. But then we did get Orcish Lumberjack, sooooo.......
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on one side, that ability doesn't make this card broken, but it's a slightly unfair, redundant advantage the card actually wouldn't have needed, in my opinion.
"i still just don't get why this guy has protection from blue."
- anti Psychatog tech.
its aweosme
Anyone who thinks this is overrated has obviously never played against it and never played against sligh, either.
Why does it have protection from blue? Because red hates blue, that's why.
Player 1 - Turn 1: Drop a Mountain, Skirk Prospector, go.
Player 2 - Turn 1: Island. Go.
Player 1 - Turn 2: Mountain, sac the Prospector, Play a Goblin Warchief, go.
Player 2 - Turn 2: Forest, Spawning Pit, go.
Player 1 - Turn 3: Mountain, play 3 piledrivers, attack for 23. Play again?
Player 2: O.o
I don't like you, either!"
It's insane to watch as you're going to win next turn and you leave one too few blockers up. BAM 15 damage comes through with the advent of some haste and a few 1/1s . I've definitely lost in times where I had a 10+ life lead on the opponent and this guy... I just can't sufficiently put it into words. He's ridiculous and if you can't imagine winning the game off his back you're a terribly player.
Cards like this are what you point to if someone gets kocky about new cards. This guy with haste and some 1/1s are all you need to beat face efficiently.
@Zamboni
How would it EVER be worse? Assume you have this guy and a 1/1 compared to a wardiver and a 1/1
Piledriver + 1/1 = 4 damage
Wardiver + 1/1 = 4 damage
Piledriver + 2x1/1 = 7 damage
Wardiver + 2x1/1 = 6 damage
Piledriver + 3x1/1 = 10 damage
Wardiver + 3x1/1 = 8 damage
Now, wardiver may spread it out, but who cares!? Goblins/Red have plenty of instant speed effects that make a creature unblockable until end of turn or similar. They're both excellent cards, but I would say Piledriver takes the cake by a mile.
As I've already learned the hard way about Goblin Lackey vs Warren Instigator, an extra {R} in exchange for double strike was not a fair enough tradeoff, and REALLY weakens the card's ability to get hits in and get goblins out on the table for free.
Instant 4x in your goblin deck if you can play it.
"Cavern of Soul'ed!!! Trololololol" - Kragash
Then again, goblins are kinda tiny; who could they piledrive aside from another goblin?
White: Stoneforge Mystic
Blue: Snapcaster Mage
Black: Dark Confidant
Red: Goblin Piledriver
Green: Tarmogoyf
Colorless: Arcbound Ravager
Blue happens to be my favorite though (let the ridicule begin), so this card is quite unsettling.