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Goblin Smuggler

Creature — Goblin Rogue2 generic manaRed mana

The tap ability here isn't a menace grant for the Smuggler itself: it's a repeatable evasion enabler pointed at your smaller threats, and that reversal of focus is what the design is built around. Most unblockable-granting creatures push their own damage through; this one taps to open a lane for another power-2-or-less attacker, which quietly aligns it with go-wide token strategies, aggressive one- and two-drops, and creatures whose relevance is a combat-damage trigger rather than raw size. The power restriction is the balancing clause: it locks the ability out of your biggest beaters and keeps it a support piece for a low curve rather than a way to sneak in a game-ending fatty. Haste does more real work than the keyword suggests, because the ability only becomes live once the Smuggler has settled; haste lets it start funneling attackers the turn it lands rather than waiting a full cycle. Read the two abilities together and the card's job is plain: it's a lane-opener for aggressive red decks that flood the board with small bodies, the kind of enabler that turns a stalled ground into a clean hit. It asks nothing exotic of a deck, just a critical mass of small attackers it can escort past a blocker each turn.

Goblin Smuggler (m20)
M20 · #144common
Pricing
Normal: $0.18
Foil: $0.35
Oracle Text

Rules text

Haste (This creature can attack and Tap as soon as it comes under your control.) Tap: Another target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
Legalities

Format Status

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