Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician

Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician

Legendary Creature — Goblin Advisor

Mana cost: {3}{R}

How we read this card

Whenever another Goblin you control becomes blocked, sacrifice it. If you do, it deals 4 damage to each creature blocking it.

triggered —

triggered — deals 4 damage

Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

activated Sacrifice two Mountains —

activated Sacrifice two Mountains — makes 2 tokens

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a Goblin, a Goblin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature deals noncombat damage, sacrifice a Mountain land, a Mountain land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Goblin creature token, put a Goblin creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a Goblin becomes blocked, a Goblin to sacrifice, a Mountain to sacrifice.

Works well with

a Mountain is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 20 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

  1. Genju of the Spires — When a Mountain is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician, Genju of the Spires returns itself from the graveyard

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

Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician puts cards into the graveyard that:

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

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

When a Goblin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician:

  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 land is sacrificed — 438 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

When a Goblin is sacrificed thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician:

  1. Baloth Prime — makes a token
  2. Scouring Swarm — makes a token
  3. Hearthhull, the Worldseed — makes each opponent lose 2 life

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

When Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician 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 (Ib Halfheart is one).

When Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician 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

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

When a Goblin enters thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician:

  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 Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician bigger stats
  2. Goblin Caves — Goblin Caves gives Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician bigger stats

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

a land in a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Slogurk, the Overslime — can bring back
  2. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord — can bring back
  3. Glacierwood Siege — can bring back
  4. Turntimber Sower — can bring back
  5. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  6. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back
  7. Serra Paragon — can bring back
  8. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring back
  9. Deadbridge Chant — can bring back
  10. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring back

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

a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

When a Goblin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician:

  1. Vastwood Zendikon — brings a card back
  2. Nissa's Zendikon — brings a card back
  3. Corrupted Zendikon — brings a card back
  4. Guardian Zendikon — brings a card back
  5. Crusher Zendikon — brings a card back
  6. Wind Zendikon — brings a card back
  7. Akki Raider — gets +1/+0
  8. Dingus Egg — deals 2 damage
  9. Genju of the Realm — returns itself from the graveyard

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land goes to a graveyard — 683 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

When a Goblin hits the graveyard thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician:

  1. The Gitrog Monster — draws you 1 card
  2. Skola Grovedancer — gains you 1 life
  3. Sand Scout — makes a token
  4. Crawling Sensation — makes a token
  5. Countryside Crusher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature deals noncombat damage — 1,420 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

When Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician deals noncombat damage:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Tandem Lookout — draws you 1 card
  3. Armadillo Cloak — gains you that much life
  4. Vampiric Link — gains you that much life
  5. Spirit Loop — gains you that much life
  6. Spirit Link — gains you that much life
  7. Guilty Conscience — deals that much damage
  8. Visions of Brutality — makes a player lose life equal to that much
  9. Arm with Aether — triggers

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Ib Halfheart is one).

  1. Securitron Squadron — When a Goblin enters thanks to Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician, Securitron Squadron puts a counter on a permanent

2 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 (Ib Halfheart is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician puts cards into the graveyard that Charnelhoard Wurm can bring back

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 (Ib Halfheart is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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