Norman Osborn // Green Goblin

Norman Osborn // Green Goblin

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain // Legendary Creature — Goblin Human Villain

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Norman Osborn can't be blocked.

static — restricts what can block it

Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives.

triggered —

Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {1}{U}{B}{R} —

Flying, menace
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast.

static — costs 2 less

Each nonland card in your graveyard has mayhem. The mayhem cost is equal to its mana cost.

static — grants a keyword

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, transform anything.

Cares about: a creature it makes cheaper to cast, an artifact it makes cheaper to cast, an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, an instant it makes cheaper to cast, a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a battle it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

a Villain deals combat damage — 255 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin deals combat damage:

  1. Loki, the Deceiver — draws you 1 card
  2. Stilt-Man, Towering Terror — triggers

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

a Villain enters the battlefield — 268 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin enters:

  1. Flying Octobot — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Doom Reigns Supreme — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Yellowjacket, Heartless Marauder — gets +1/+0
  5. Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel — triggers
  6. Prowler, Clawed Thief — draws and discards
  7. Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord — draws and discards

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

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin 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 (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin 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 it boosts — 584 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dralnu's Crusade — Dralnu's Crusade gives Norman Osborn // Green Goblin bigger stats

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

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

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin enters:

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin hits the graveyard:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  4. Voracious Brood — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  6. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  7. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  8. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers
  9. Sefris of the Hidden Ways — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted — deals 1 damage
  5. The Locust God — makes a token
  6. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  8. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  9. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  10. Orcish Bowmasters — deals 1 damage

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

a Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  8. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  9. Théoden, King of Rohan — grants double strike
  10. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

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 (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — can bring it back
  2. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — can bring it back

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

  1. Bloodbond March — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is cast, Bloodbond March brings a card back

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