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Goblin Assault

Enchantment2 generic manaRed mana

A token engine that pays its tax in tactical freedom rather than mana or escalating upkeep cost: every Goblin you control, including the ones it stamps out each turn, has to attack if it can. That compulsion is the whole bargain. A goblin a turn with haste is a steady clock, but the forced attack turns a board into a commitment, sending bodies into blockers and damage whether the math favors it or not. The design leans into the flavor of goblins as undisciplined cannon fodder, and it punishes the player who wants the bodies for anything but throwing them at the opponent's face: no chump-blocking, no holding back to develop, no sitting on a sacrifice engine you would rather feed on your own terms. The haste matters because it closes the loop on the attack rule; the freshly minted token is not summoning-sick, so it is obligated to swing the turn it arrives. As a recurring source of expendable red bodies it belongs to a long line of token generators that ask nothing but mana and patience, except this one collects its toll in choices rather than payments. The result is a card excellent at the single thing it forces you to do (apply relentless pressure) and actively hostile to any plan that wants goblins for a different job.

Goblin Assault (ala)
ALA · #101rare
Pricing
Normal: $1.00
Foil: $2.20
Oracle Text

Rules text

At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste. Goblin creatures attack each combat if able.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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