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Goblin Anarchomancer

Creature — Goblin Shaman

Each spell you cast that's red or green costs {1} less to cast.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons 2
Price
$0.38
EDHREC rank
#518
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Goblin Anarchomancer card art
Goblin Anarchomancer makes every red or green spell cost one less, which means it pays for itself the turn it enters and snowballs hard in any deck casting multiple spells per turn. Iraxxa, Empress of Mars and Duskana, the Rage Mother both run it because their game plans revolve around chaining spells in Gruul colors, and a two-mana body that shaves a mana off every subsequent play is exactly the kind of engine piece that wins games before opponents can stabilize.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Duskana, the Rage Mother

Duskana, the Rage Mother

50.0% of decks · synergy 0.46

Duskana, the Rage Mother is casting a stream of 2/2 base-power creatures every turn, and Goblin Anarchomancer turns that into a discount assembly line — every colorless-cost reduction stacks directly into more creatures per rotation.

02
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

54.0% of decks · synergy 0.43

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wants to sacrifice creatures and deal trample damage as fast as possible, and Goblin Anarchomancer cuts the cost on the sacrifice fodder and the fight spells that keep the engine running.

03
Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid

51.1% of decks · synergy 0.40

Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid runs a high density of red and green spells to trigger enrage and goading effects, and Goblin Anarchomancer turns that high volume into raw mana efficiency — more triggers per turn for the same investment.

04
The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination

79.4% of decks · synergy 0.34

The Howling Abomination rewards casting spells in quantity, and Goblin Anarchomancer lowers the floor on each spell enough that the deck can sustain longer chains without running dry on mana.

05
Shattergang Brothers

Shattergang Brothers

44.4% of decks · synergy 0.34

Shattergang Brothers activates repeatedly by sacrificing permanents across three types, and Goblin Anarchomancer's cost reduction applies to the red and green pieces of that loop — creature tokens, artifacts, and the spells that refill the board.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Goblin Anarchomancer is a Commander card first and foremost — the reduction compounds over a long game, and the 99-card format gives it the density of red and green spells it needs to matter. In Pauper it's legal and theoretically interesting in Gruul stompy, but the format moves too fast for a 2/2 that doesn't impact the board immediately. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats don't want a two-mana do-nothing on turn one when the game is often decided by turn three. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where it slots comfortably, since Gruul Oathbreaker shells cast enough instants and sorceries to make the discount add up.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.38 bulk tier

At $0.38, Goblin Anarchomancer is bulk by any measure — you're paying almost nothing for a card that shows up in over 50% of Duskana, the Rage Mother and Maarika, Brutal Gladiator lists. Bulk rares with that kind of inclusion rate don't usually spike, but they also don't get cheaper, so there's no reason to wait.

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