effectively, you can redirect any destruction effect to another artifact you control. not that bad for a 1/2 goblin for 1R.
Gwafa_Hazid
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
I find his flavor text incredibly lulzy. Artifacts are now the domain of Esper predominantly, but if you're gonna be running red with some Esper colors, grab Mishra, Artificer Prodigy. He's in 2 of the 3 colors of Esper, and his remaining color is the same as Slobad's
Ava_Adore
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I agree, i should use 1 of my 4 mishra's with this guy, and with master transmuter, who needs white? just put in a couple of pentad prisms etc, you can play rour few white creatures you want from esper
RafiqTheMiststalker
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
How does something become indestructible for 1 turn? Like "Nothing can destroy me! Aaaaaagh!!!1" Pass "....derp." A flavoring lolwut.
MrPink343
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(18 votes)
He's not slo bad, really.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(9 votes)
Hey hey, a legendary goblin! Here we see Slobad performing some much-needed repairs on Bosh, Iron Golem (see here for a close-up face comparison).
In the story, he gave up his chance to ascend to Planeswalker status in order to bring Glissa Sunseeker back to life. I was really disappointed when I read the lore for the Scars block and WotC Creative only gave cursory mention of his demise, saying that he "fell" to other attacking goblins to cover Glissa's retreat back into the core.
As for the card itself, it's an interesting ability. This was the first set to feature indestructibility, and until fairly recently there weren't a lot of other ways to grant it to individual permanents. You can use him in an artifact-heavy deck to cut your Shatterstorm losses in half, for a fraction of the cost of Darksteel Forge - and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Gelzo
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(5 votes)
Wow, he has the same P/T and mana cost as Goblin Tinkerer. That can't have been unintentional.
SolidSoldier
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
He dies in the storyline after he and Glissa defeat Memnarch. :(
kajillion
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(16 votes)
He probably doesn't laugh because you called his people morons, you hateful bigot.
The reason why is because he really WAS exiled for being to smart
blazinpsycho
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Works with my magnetic mine corrosion combo x) infinite myrs? ?? Infinite death bwahaa
Salient
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Makes every one of your artifacts into an impromptu Welding Jar, just in case you wanted to pay more than to get that Welding Jar effect. Unless you're running some weirdly fragile and convoluted artifact interaction deck, you should probably just mainboard the Jars.
DoragonShinzui
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Okay, that has got to be one of the best flavor texts ever. I have an enormous respect for this guy, and I HATE goblins.
EGarrett01
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Gets my vote for "Legend that would be the coolest to turn into a new Planeswalker."
Sabisent
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
WAIT WAIT WAIT
WE COULD HAVE HAD A PLANESWALKING GOBLIN?
THIS MUST BECOME A THING
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's not that slow, nor is he really all that bad.
Dryten
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Sorry, Boss I got the ashtray working.
tavaritz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Check the new Oracle wording and this arcana article:
@ZombieVegetarian Technically, he was first exiled (after his mother saved him from execution) for being born during the Black Sun's Zenith. THEN he left the outcast goblins because he didn't feel welcome even among them (though that was because he was spooky smart for a goblin).
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and with master transmuter, who needs white?
just put in a couple of pentad prisms etc, you can play rour few white creatures you want from esper
"Nothing can destroy me! Aaaaaagh!!!1"
Pass
"....derp."
A flavoring lolwut.
In the story, he gave up his chance to ascend to Planeswalker status in order to bring Glissa Sunseeker back to life. I was really disappointed when I read the lore for the Scars block and WotC Creative only gave cursory mention of his demise, saying that he "fell" to other attacking goblins to cover Glissa's retreat back into the core.
As for the card itself, it's an interesting ability. This was the first set to feature indestructibility, and until fairly recently there weren't a lot of other ways to grant it to individual permanents. You can use him in an artifact-heavy deck to cut your Shatterstorm losses in half, for a fraction of the cost of Darksteel Forge - and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The reason why is because he really WAS exiled for being to smart
WE COULD HAVE HAD A PLANESWALKING GOBLIN?
THIS MUST BECOME A THING
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/514
Talk about change in templating process.
Technically, he was first exiled (after his mother saved him from execution) for being born during the Black Sun's Zenith. THEN he left the outcast goblins because he didn't feel welcome even among them (though that was because he was spooky smart for a goblin).