Goblin Boom Keg
Artifact
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, it deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25891
Goblin Boom Keg trades itself for one creature or artifact — slow, conditional removal that costs three mana to deploy and another activation to fire. Unless your deck has a specific reason to want a sacrificeable artifact on the board, this slot is doing too little work.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goblin Boom Keg is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play in any of those formats has no real use for it. In Commander, where board states grow fast and single-target removal needs to be efficient, a three-mana artifact that requires an additional tap-and-sacrifice to deal one damage is far below the bar — even in Goblin-tribal shells that want fodder, there are better sacrifice outlets that actually advance a game plan. Constructed formats ignore it entirely; removal at this rate doesn't exist in viable Modern or Legacy lists.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Goblin Boom Keg is deep bulk — a price that reflects its playability accurately. Don't expect movement in either direction; bulk commons and uncommons at this tier tend to stay there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.