Goblin Dynamo
Creature — Goblin Mutant
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
, , Sacrifice this creature: It deals X damage to any target.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #26971
Goblin Dynamo trades one mana and a tap for a direct damage ping or an untap trigger — cheap, repeatable, and useful in any deck that cares about Goblin count or activated abilities. Seven mana to activate from scratch is too slow to matter outside dedicated shells, but in the right engine it earns its 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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goblin Dynamo is a Commander card through and through — the 99-card singleton format is the only place where the critical mass of Goblins and untap effects needed to weaponize it reliably exists. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically true but practically irrelevant; neither format has room for a six-mana 4/4 with a fragile tap ability when faster, cleaner win conditions are available. In Commander, Goblin Dynamo finds its home almost exclusively in Krenko, Mob Boss shells and similar token-flood strategies where tapping and untapping creatures is already the game plan.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Goblin Dynamo is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as throw-in without thinking twice. Demand is too narrow for the price to move meaningfully in either direction, so buy it for the deck and don't expect it to appreciate.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.