Goblin Guide
Creature — Goblin Scout
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player reveals the top card of their library. If it's a land card, that player puts it into their hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14469
Goblin Guide hits for two on turn one and keeps swinging — that's the entire pitch. The upside opponents get from revealing lands is real but routinely irrelevant when the game ends on turn three or four.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Modern is where Goblin Guide earns its reputation — it's a four-of staple in Burn that closes games before the library gift matters. Legacy Burn and Red Prison run it for the same reason: a 2/2 haste that demands an immediate answer is worth any amount of opponent card selection. In Commander, Goblin Guide is a curiosity rather than a threat; 40 life and four opponents drain its pressure fast, and the land reveals actively help tables full of players who needed to hit their fourth land drop. It's legal in Commander and Oathbreaker but belongs in the 60-card aggressive formats where it was designed to operate.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Goblin Guide has historically sat in the $5–$15 range depending on printing, with multiple reprints keeping it accessible — it's not a card you should need to hunt for.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.