Goblin Bangchuckers
Creature — Goblin Warrior
: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, this creature deals 2 damage to any target. If you lose the flip, this creature deals 2 damage to itself.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #16592
Goblin Bangchuckers puts a repeatable coin-flip on a 2/2 body — deal 2 damage on heads, take 2 on tails — and that symmetry is exactly the engine that coin-flip commanders want. Outside of Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom decks, the randomness is a liability you're paying four mana for.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
Goblin Bangchuckers is a core piece here — every activation flips a coin for Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom's doubling trigger and draws Zndrsplt a card on heads, turning a disposable pinger into a free engine piece every turn.
Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Yusri, Fortune's Flame rewards stacking as many coin flips as possible in a single turn, and Goblin Bangchuckers adds a low-cost, repeatable flip source that scales with any extra-combat or untap effects in the deck.
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 |
Goblin Bangchuckers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander — specifically coin-flip tribal. In Legacy and Modern, a four-mana 2/2 with a random damage trigger has no competitive footing; the floor is too low and the upside too inconsistent to justify the slot. Commander is the only format where the card earns its place, and even there it's narrowly slotted: you run it because you're already running Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom or a similar coin-flip payoff, not as a general-purpose red creature.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Goblin Bangchuckers is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a role-player without any meaningful financial commitment. It's a narrow enough card that the price is unlikely to move unless a new coin-flip commander drives sudden demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Okaun, Eye of Chaos // Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom
- Yusri, Fortune's Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.