Goblin Fire Fiend
Creature — Goblin Berserker
Haste
This creature must be blocked if able.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #28280
Goblin Fire Fiend trades a sorcery-speed activation for a burst of direct damage, letting you redirect its power as a finisher in go-wide goblin decks. The two-mana cost is negligible; the ceiling depends entirely on how many goblins you can sacrifice at once.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Goblin Fire Fiend earns a slot in Krenko, Mob Boss and similar token-flood strategies where sacrificing a dozen goblins at the end step translates to a lethal damage spike. Outside of dedicated goblin shells it's a blank, so the card earns no generalist credit. In Pauper it's legal but too slow and conditional against the format's tempo decks. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it over faster payoffs.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Goblin Fire Fiend is deep bulk — you're picking it up for free in any trade binder. Bulk commons with narrow tribal applications don't climb in price, so grab the copies you need now and expect it to stay at this floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.