Goblin Berserker
Creature — Goblin Berserker
First strike, haste
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Destiny
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28474
Goblin Berserker forces your opponents to block with everything or nothing — that mandatory all-or-nothing clause can punch through stalled boards in ways normal haste creatures can't. The catch is a four-mana 2/2 body that dies to a stiff breeze, so you're paying a real cost for that effect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Goblin Berserker finds its home exclusively in Goblin tribal decks where the board is already crowded enough that the forced-block clause generates real chaos — think Krenko, Mob Boss token floods where opponents literally cannot block everything. Legacy and Vintage are both legal on paper, but neither format has any interest in a four-mana 2/2 with a situational combat trigger when the format's threats are ending games on turn one or two. Goblin Berserker is a Commander-only card in practice, and even there it sits firmly in the "fun casual" tier rather than any competitive build.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Goblin Berserker is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without a second thought. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is effectively unlimited; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.