Goblin Medics
Creature — Goblin Shaman
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #17547
Goblin Medics deals 1 damage to any target every time it taps, and Paradise Mantle turns that into a zero-mana activation — the combo ceiling is infinite damage with any untap engine in play. Outside that specific shell, a 2/1 that pings for one at the cost of tapping is too slow and too fragile to matter.
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 Medics is a Commander card in the narrowest sense: it exists almost exclusively to slot into infinite-tap combo lines, and the 100-card singleton format gives you enough room to assemble them consistently. In Pauper it's legal but competes in a format where efficient creatures and direct combo redundancy are easier to find at common. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but neither format is hunting for a 2/1 with a tap trigger when faster, more resilient win conditions exist. Treat Goblin Medics as a Commander-or-nothing include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Goblin Medics is pure bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a combo piece that either wins the game or does very little. Bulk combo enablers like this rarely move unless a new infinite-tap commander spikes demand, so don't expect the price to climb.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.