Battle-Scarred Goblin
Creature — Goblin Warrior
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it deals 1 damage to each creature blocking it.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #15992
Battle-Scarred Goblin gives a creature you control menace until end of turn for one red mana — no card investment, just a combat trick stapled to a 2/2 body. It's a marginal playable at best, outclassed by nearly every other two-drop in competitive Goblin lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Battle-Scarred Goblin is a low-priority include even in dedicated Goblin tribal builds — Krenko, Mob Boss and similar commanders want token density and haste enablers, not a fragile body with a narrow activated ability. Pauper is where it has the most plausible home, since the card pool is limited and a repeatable menace grant on an aggressive two-drop has real utility in a Goblin aggro shell. In Legacy and Vintage, Battle-Scarred Goblin doesn't make the cut; those formats have access to Goblin Lackey, Goblin Ringleader, and the full suite of broken threats that render it irrelevant. It's legal across most formats but compelling in almost none.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Battle-Scarred Goblin is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a commons box, not a singles binder. Don't expect that price to move; there's no breakout shell waiting to spike demand on a vanilla combat-trick creature.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.