Boggart Harbinger
Creature — Goblin Shaman
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $1.48
- EDHREC rank
- #11043
Boggart Harbinger puts any Goblin on top of your library the moment it enters — instant tribal tutoring on a 2/1 body for three mana. The rate is fair, not premium, but when the card you're fetching is Conspicuous Snoop or a Wort, Boggart Auntie recursion target, the ETB alone justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wort, Boggart Auntie
Wort, Boggart Auntie wants a steady stream of Goblins to recur from the graveyard, and Boggart Harbinger chains the two halves together — tutor the Goblin you just lost, then untap with it in hand.
Grub, Storied Matriarch
Grub, Storied Matriarch cares about creature types stacking up, and Boggart Harbinger fills a tribal slot while guaranteeing the next creature you cast is exactly the Goblin the board state demands.
Shattergang Brothers
Shattergang Brothers needs a reliable creature stream to keep the sacrifice engine fed, and Boggart Harbinger turns any top-of-deck into a guaranteed Goblin for the next sacrifice trigger.
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden mills the bottom of the library, not the top — but Boggart Harbinger still earns its spot by stacking the deck so that a specific Goblin lands under Grenzo's activation.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Boggart Harbinger actually lives — Goblin tribal is a real archetype in the format and on-ETB tutoring for any Goblin is exactly the kind of consistency effect 100-card decks need. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; Goblin toolbox strategies in those formats move faster than a three-mana 2/1 can keep up with. Modern is the same story — the card isn't banned, it's just outclassed by cheaper tribal engines. Boggart Harbinger is a Commander card through and through, and it should be evaluated entirely in that context.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Conspicuous SnoopKiki-Jiki, Mirror BreakerBoggart Harbinger
Infinite ETB; Infinite tapped creature tokens
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$1.48 cheap tier
At $1.48, Boggart Harbinger sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's an easy auto-include decision for any Goblin Commander deck that wants the tutor effect. It's a narrow tribal piece with a small audience, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Conspicuous Snoop
- Wort, Boggart Auntie
- Grub, Storied Matriarch
- Shattergang Brothers
- Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
- Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.