Boggart Mischief
Kindred Enchantment — Goblin
When this enchantment enters, you may blight 1. If you do, create two 1/1 black and red Goblin creature tokens. (To blight 1, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Whenever a Goblin creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #12214
Boggart Mischief gives every Goblin you control a free blink at instant speed — pay one mana, target Goblin phases out and returns at end of turn, dodging removal, resetting enters-the-battlefield triggers, and blocking combat math. Outside of dedicated Goblin shells, especially Grub, Storied Matriarch, it's a narrow enchantment with no text for anyone else.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Grub, Storied Matriarch
Grub, Storied Matriarch is the reason Boggart Mischief shows up in 87% of its builds — Grub cares about Goblins entering and leaving, and Boggart Mischief turns every Goblin into a repeatable trigger engine on demand.
Wort, Boggart Auntie
Wort, Boggart Auntie runs a recursive Goblin gameplan, and Boggart Mischief protects key Goblins from targeted removal long enough to recur them or exploit their death triggers.
Shattergang Brothers
Shattergang Brothers leverages sacrifice outlets across permanent types, and Boggart Mischief gives Goblin tokens and value creatures a way to dodge the Brothers' own sacrifice costs while preserving board presence.
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue benefits from blinking its own Goblins to retrigger discard-punishing effects, and Boggart Mischief provides that at instant speed for a single mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Boggart Mischief is a tribal enchantment that sees essentially zero play outside Commander — in Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, the Goblin decks that exist are aggressive enough that a one-mana enchantment with no immediate board impact is a liability. In Commander, it earns its slot only in dedicated Goblin builds, where the ability to phase out a key piece in response to a wrath or spot removal is a real form of protection. Even there, it competes with more universal protection spells, so it's a role-player rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Boggart Mischief is firmly bulk — it costs almost nothing to pick up, and that price reflects its narrow demand. Expect it to stay in this range; it's a Goblin-tribal piece with no crossover appeal pulling it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Grub, Storied Matriarch
- Wort, Boggart Auntie
- Shattergang Brothers
- Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.