Goblin Lyre
Artifact
Sacrifice this artifact: Flip a coin. If you win the flip, this artifact deals damage to target opponent or planeswalker equal to the number of creatures you control. If you lose the flip, this artifact deals damage to you equal to the number of creatures that opponent or that planeswalker's controller controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #23285
Goblin Lyre is a one-mana artifact that lets you flip a coin — if you win, it deals 2 damage to any target; if you lose, the opponent gets to deal 2 to any target. The effect is real, the cost is real, and the randomness disqualifies it from any deck that needs reliable interaction.
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 Lyre is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage — one-mana artifacts need to do something deterministic at those power levels. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it's narrow: Goblin Lyre belongs exclusively in dedicated coin-flip decks built around commanders like Zndrsplt, Eye of Wisdom or Yusri, Fortune's Flame. Outside that niche, the card asks you to spend a mana and an activation cost for a 50/50 chance of doing something harmful to yourself, which is a losing proposition in any environment where your opponents are trying to win.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Goblin Lyre is firmly bulk — it costs less than a sleeve and prices accordingly for a card with a single narrow use case. Demand is low enough that this price is stable, not a floor waiting to rise.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.