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Warren Instigator

Creature — Goblin BerserkerRed manaRed mana

Double strike is what turns a single connection into a board-doubling event: each combat damage step fires the cheat-into-play trigger once, so one unblocked swing deposits two more Goblins from hand at once. Krenko, Mob Boss, Siege-Gang Commander, Goblin Chieftain, even a humble Marsh Flitter: any Goblin in hand arrives free the instant this body lands a hit, and it lands two. The 1/1 frame is the entire admission price, and it is steep. A creature this fragile folds to nearly any removal, and the whole payoff is staked on surviving to its first attack and then slipping past defenders. A snowball engine bolted to one of red's flimsiest bodies, with no haste to cover its arrival: connect once and the board explodes, get blocked or burned beforehand and you have spent two red mana on a chump. Because it sits a full turn before it can swing, the deck around it has to do the protecting (haste enablers to shorten the wait, evasion to guarantee the hit), turning a fair-looking creature into one of the most lopsided combat triggers the Goblin tribe has ever been handed.

Warren Instigator (zen)
ZEN · #154mythic
Pricing
Normal: $12.46
Foil: $40.00
Oracle Text

Rules text

Double strike Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may put a Goblin creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
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
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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