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Goblin Shortcutter

Creature — Goblin Scout1 generic manaRed mana

Evasion in red usually rides on the attacker itself: trample, haste, a temporary fear effect on the creature you want to push through. This goblin sells the evasion from the other direction, stapling a Falter-style "can't block" onto a body and pointing it at whichever blocker is in the way. Because the trigger names a single target, you peel away the one defender that matters and the rest of the wall holds; it never becomes a true mass-Falter. That makes the effect most valuable when you already have a board to swing with, since the cleared lane opens up for the whole team rather than for the goblin alone. The 2/1 frame is the after: once the enters trigger fires and the unblockable window closes, what remains is a serviceable two-power attacker, so the card never sits dead even when there was nothing worth Faltering. It belongs to the small family of aggressive creatures that pay for their bodies by also removing a defensive obstacle, the same structural trade red beatdown has always reached for when it wants a chip of reach in a color that otherwise wins races by trading evasion for raw speed.

Goblin Shortcutter (jmp)
JMP · #330common
Pricing
Normal: $0.12
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Oracle Text

Rules text

When this creature enters, target creature can't block this turn.
Legalities

Format Status

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