Girder Goons
Creature — Ogre Warrior
When this creature dies, create a tapped 2/2 black Rogue creature token.
Blitz 
(If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #22455
Girder Goons enters as a 4/4 and leaves two 2/2 Mercenaries behind when it dies, giving you three bodies for five mana — reasonable rate for token-doubler and sacrifice shells. The connive trigger on attack makes it slightly better than a vanilla beater, but the real draw is the redundant board presence.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Girder Goons is a reliable role-player in token and aristocrats builds — five mana for guaranteed three bodies survives board wipes better than single threats, and the Mercenary subtype occasionally matters for tribal synergies. In Pauper, the combination of connive and death recursion into two tokens is above rate for the format's aggressive and sacrifice strategies, making it a genuine consideration there. In Modern and Pioneer, five mana is a steep ask against faster clocks, so Girder Goons lands mostly in slower midrange or reanimator shells that can exploit the token generation. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken things happening that this rate doesn't compete, but it's legal and fits fringe casual piles.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Girder Goons is pure bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow appeal rarely move off the floor, so don't expect the price to shift.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.