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Cheering Fanatic

Creature — Goblin

Whenever this creature attacks, choose a card name. Spells with the chosen name cost {1} less to cast this turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.18
EDHREC rank
#19055
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Cheering Fanatic card art
Cheering Fanatic lands a static cost reduction on every spell you cast for as long as it's in play — that's real, cumulative advantage on any creature-dense or spell-heavy red strategy. The catch is that it's a 2/2 for two mana with no protection, and anything that can copy or untap it, like Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, turns that discount engine into a broken loop fast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Cheering Fanatic is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition at two mana is too steep and a fragile 2/2 cost-reducer doesn't make the cut against faster, more resilient options. In Commander, Cheering Fanatic earns its slot in goblin-tribal and red combo shells where the cost reduction stacks across a full turn of spellcasting and the combo ceiling with untap or copy effects is genuinely game-ending.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.18 bulk tier

At $0.18, Cheering Fanatic is deep bulk — you'll find it in commons bins or cheap singles lots without effort. That price is stable; there's no spike pressure on a card this narrow, but its combo ceiling keeps it from being dead bulk you'd trade away.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.