Goblin Legionnaire

Goblin Legionnaire

Creature — Goblin Soldier

Mana cost: {R}{W}

How we read this card

It deals 2 damage to any target.

activated {R}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {R}, Sacrifice this creature — deals 2 damage

Prevent the next 2 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.

activated {W}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {W}, Sacrifice this creature —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, anything deals noncombat damage, damage is prevented.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken Soldier is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 38 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

  1. Siege Veteran — When Goblin Legionnaire is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Siege Veteran makes a token

a Goblin creature dies — 40 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

  1. Boggart Mischief — When Goblin Legionnaire is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Boggart Mischief makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Goblin in a graveyard — 69 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire is in the graveyard:

  1. Grub's Command — can bring it back
  2. Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie — can bring it back
  3. Wort, Boggart Auntie — can bring it back
  4. Boggart Birth Rite — can bring it back

a Goblin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 69 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Pashalik Mons — deals 1 damage
  2. Boggart Cursecrafter — deals 1 damage
  3. Knucklebone Witch — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Boggart Shenanigans — deals 1 damage
  5. Skirk Drill Sergeant — puts a Goblin onto the battlefield
  6. Rundvelt Hordemaster — exiles a card from your library
  7. The Great Goblin — exiles a card from your library

a Goblin attacks — 567 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire attacks:

  1. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — makes a token
  2. Mordor Trebuchet — makes a token

a Goblin deals combat damage — 567 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire deals combat damage:

  1. Boggart Mob — makes a token
  2. Auntie's Snitch — returns itself from the graveyard
  3. Cabal Slaver — triggers
  4. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — sacrifices it
  5. Moria Marauder — exiles a card from your library

damage is prevented — 568 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire has damage prevented:

  1. Phyrexian Vindicator — deals that much damage
  2. Selfless Squire — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. New Way Forward — deals that much damage
  4. Samite Ministration — gains you that much life
  5. Judgment of Alexander — deals its power damage

a Goblin enters the battlefield — 622 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire enters:

  1. Quest for the Goblin Lord — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Goblin Assassin — makes a player sacrifice a creature

a Goblin creature it boosts — 622 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Goblin Shrine — Goblin Shrine gives Goblin Legionnaire bigger stats
  2. Goblin Caves — Goblin Caves gives Goblin Legionnaire bigger stats

620 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Soldier creature enters the battlefield — 1,279 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

  1. Veteran's Armaments — When Goblin Legionnaire enters, Veteran's Armaments triggers

a Soldier creature it grants abilities to — 1,283 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Rhox Pikemaster — Rhox Pikemaster gives Goblin Legionnaire first strike

1,282 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When you sacrifice Goblin Legionnaire:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When you sacrifice Goblin Legionnaire:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

When Goblin Legionnaire dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back

63 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Goblin Legionnaire fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Goblin Legionnaire attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

151 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Goblin Legionnaire is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Goblin Legionnaire attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

220 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.