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Hordeling Outburst

Sorcery1 generic manaRed manaRed mana

Three bodies for three mana, split into a trio of expendable attackers rather than a single 3/3, and the math behind that split is why the card endures. Goblin token aggro lives and dies on board width: three separate creatures means three anthem boosts, three sacrifice fodder, three triggers for anything that cares about creatures entering, and a far better target spread against single-target removal than one fat drop would offer. The Goblin typing is not incidental either; it lets the tokens feed the long tradition of red goblin payoffs that reward sheer numbers. What pays for all that width is the rate: three mana for three 1/1s is honest, not generous, and the sorcery-speed clause keeps it from ambushing combat or flooding the board at the worst moment for the opponent. Flashy in isolation it is not, but in a deck built to multiply small bodies it does everything at once. Compare it to Krenko's Command, which buys two Goblins for less; this trades a mana for a third body, and in a deck where the third body is a kill-spell's worth of damage or a sacrifice loop's worth of value, that trade is the point.

Hordeling Outburst (j22)
J22 · #552uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.31
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
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
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

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