Emberwilde Augur

The upkeep clause is the whole math problem. A 2/1 for two that turns into three damage to a face the moment you sacrifice it is, on its surface, a perfectly costed burn-creature: think of it as a Goblin who hands you a delayed Lightning Bolt. But the activation window restricts the payoff to your own upkeep, which means the spell you bought is never available in response to anything on your opponent's turn, never castable as a combat trick, never a way to close a game on the turn you draw the creature. You commit the body, pass through your opponent's turn, then collect on your next upkeep at the earliest. That delay is the price for stapling reach onto an aggressive two-drop, and it reframes the card from a tempo tool into a clock you set in advance: the damage is locked in, but only on a schedule the opponent can see coming and play around. The design sits in the lineage of creatures that promise their best effect as a death payoff (Mogg Fanatic offers the same sac-for-damage bargain at instant speed and one less point), and the upkeep tax is exactly what separates this Goblin from that one. It is a card that asks you to think a full turn cycle ahead, because the burn it carries does not exist until the calendar says so.