Goblins

by craea121 on 07 March 2011

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sideboard (8 cards)

Creatures (4)

Artifacts (4)

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Deck Description

I'm gonna take a crack at it. Reed lubs his tribes <3.

Deck Tags

  • Tribal

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Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Goblins

So many bad Goblins...

Why no Goblin Guides? That's probably one of the biggest ones missing from the list. And Bloodshot Trainee is really bad. Quest for the Goblin Lord is extremely slow (the opposite of Goblins general game plan). And Cheiftain has a lot of anti-synergy with Bombardment since once Chieftain hits the table, all of your Goblins should no longer fit the condition for Bombardment.

Even sticking inside the Standard card pool Guide, Goblin Wardriver, Warren Instigator and Ember Hauler all deserve a slot more than Bombardment / Trainee / Quest / Battle Rattle Shaman.

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Posted 08 March 2011 at 03:33

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Mmk, thanks for the advice, but the first thing I have to say is... I have a budget of 0$. I have to trade cards to get what I want, and modify a deck when I get things that work well. But that's just eh goblin guide, the rest of your comment is very helpful.

I got advice to remove the goblin bushwhacker for something else, and I'm not sure what to consider, what do you think? I'll take your advice and modify this a bit, your opinion is greatly appreciated.

-Reed

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Posted 08 March 2011 at 19:05

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Why would you remove Bushwhacker? It's solid. Those Rituals shouldn't be there. There's really no point to ramp in Goblins. You have a whole tribe of fast threats and mass pump from War Driver, Chieftain and Bushwhacker. The general Goblin plan is overwhelm and finish, a ritual, while it helps get a 3 drop out on turn 2, just isn't needed, and it lowers your card quality.

If you're going to crank up the Rebirth count to 4, I'd recommended dropping the 2 Elixirs and the 2 Trainees for 4 Memnite. An artifact that can beatdown before you cast Rebirth is better than something that's just going to set there.

If budget's a problem, I'd recommended switching out the 4 Shamans (too high of cmc) and 2 Quests for 2 more Haulers and 4 Goblin Shortcutter (I've always had fun with him, and if you played a Cheiftain earlier, he can make for some back breaking plays.

Burns also always good, so cutting the last 2 Quests and...I guess the Ballon Brigades for 4 Lightning Bolts. If you can't get all the Goblins, you can always sub in more burn (Flame Slash and Burst Lightning are solid).

Is that SB being used to store cards that are out of your budget? That's the only reason I can think of for seeing 4 Guides in there after reading that $0 budget of yours.

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Posted 09 March 2011 at 00:08

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Exactly right with the sideboard :P When I don't have the cash but its a good idea, I stick it there. Usually I can remember what's my actual SB.

It just so happens I have 4 shortcutters. I have no idea whatsoever why I didn't include them. I think I can get my hands on the memnites, its a really good idea. But I think I'll keep 2 Shamans. I think I'll also take the lightning bolt idea.

Thanks alot. I rarely play red, and burn and hitting hard is like a foreign language to me and I think I'm shifting my mindset... if only a little.

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Posted 09 March 2011 at 00:55

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Glad I could help. Red is ind of my thing. Heck if you check out my profile, a good 90% of the deck's I've posted have had red in them. If you want another example of this style of deck, you can check out my Moxblin list I posted, though I built it for Block tournaments, so my cardpool was very limited.

Your list is looking good, though I would much rather see 4 Bushwhacker over the Shamans and Quests.

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Posted 09 March 2011 at 11:47

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