Goblin Gardener
Creature — Goblin
When this creature dies, destroy target land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21428
Goblin Gardener trades itself to destroy a land — a narrow effect stapled to a body that dies the moment it deals combat damage to a player. The cost in card equity is steep for what amounts to a one-time land destruction trigger, and outside of dedicated land-hate builds, cleaner options exist at the same mana cost.
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 Gardener is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it sees meaningful play in almost none of them. In Commander, targeted land destruction is politically costly and rarely worth a card slot unless the deck is built around attrition or Goblin synergies — and even then, Goblin Gardener is near the bottom of the shortlist. Pauper is the one format where budget constraints and creature-based strategies overlap enough to give it occasional consideration, though it still competes poorly against direct land destruction spells at the same cost.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Goblin Gardener isn't currently available, but as a common with minimal competitive demand, copies typically turn up in bulk bins for under a quarter. It's worth picking up only if a specific land-destruction or Goblin-synergy build calls for it — there's no urgency and no scarcity concern.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.