Skarrg Goliath

A 9/9 with trample for eight mana is a card most decks are happy to draw exactly zero of, and bloodrush is the mechanic's honest solution to that problem. The worst moment for a fatty this size is the stalled board where a fresh creature just gets ganged down, and you needed a finishing shove instead. Discarding it converts the whole thing into a combat trick: +9/+9 and trample stapled onto a creature already in the red zone, delivering the same raw swing a phase earlier and at instant speed, punching through whatever wall the defender parked out front. The pump mirrors the printed body exactly (a 9/9 with trample either way), so the card never asks you to track a second number; it asks for a read on the attack and the mana to act on it. That mana is what keeps the choice real. The bloodrush cost of runs only one generic under the hard cast, so you are never pitching the Goliath to cheat a price. You are deciding, with seven-plus lands untapped, whether the game wants a recurring 9/9 body or one decisive blow shoved through the front line. The trick is the whole appeal, but it is a trick you pay nearly retail to throw.