Goblin Digging Team
Creature — Goblin
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target Wall.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Chronicles
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25933
Goblin Digging Team pays one mana and sacrifices itself to destroy a single Wall — a narrow, one-shot effect that trades a card for a card only in the most literal sense. Outside of dedicated Wall-hate builds, the effect is too conditional to justify a roster slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goblin Digging Team is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no play in any of them. In Commander, Walls are occasional but not prevalent enough to warrant a dedicated answer, and any removal spell with broader targeting does the job better. In Pauper and Legacy, where efficiency is everything, a one-mana sorcery that answers exactly one creature type is outclassed by generalist removal before the conversation starts. This is a card that exists for fringe cases, not a format staple in any environment where it's legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Goblin Digging Team is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and rarely leaves it. Demand is low enough that this price is a ceiling, not a floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.