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 we read on this card

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 — 188 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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

a Villain enters the battlefield — 200 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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 — 500 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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 — 500 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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 — 514 cards in Norman Osborn's colors can cause this.

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

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

a Goblin enters the battlefield — 546 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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 — 1,614 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 2,025 cards in Norman Osborn's colors 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. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  5. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 2,594 cards in Norman Osborn's colors can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

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

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

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

a Human enters the battlefield — 2,102 cards in Norman Osborn's colors can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin enters:

  1. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  2. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  3. Vigilante Justice — deals 1 damage

a card in a graveyard — 5,218 cards in Norman Osborn's colors can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring it back
  2. Transplant Theorist — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  4. Rescue from the Underworld — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Rescue from the Underworld can bring it back
  5. Victimize — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Victimize can bring it back
  6. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring it back
  7. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring it back
  8. Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld — When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin is in the graveyard, Emet-Selch, Unsundered // Hades, Sorcerer of Eld can bring it back
  9. Repentant Vampire — Norman Osborn // Green Goblin fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  10. Treacherous Vampire — Norman Osborn // Green Goblin fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 5,218 cards in Norman Osborn's colors can cause this (Norman Osborn is one).

When Norman Osborn // Green Goblin hits the graveyard:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

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