Goblin Mutant
Creature — Goblin Mutant
Trample
This creature can't attack if defending player controls an untapped creature with power 3 or greater.
This creature can't block creatures with power 3 or greater.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Anthologies
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30063
Goblin Mutant is a 5/3 for four mana with a punishing restriction: it can't attack if you control a Goblin with power 2 or less, which in any functional Goblin deck is essentially every other creature on your board. The body is above-rate but the drawback makes it a liability in the aggro shells where it nominally belongs.
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 Mutant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees no meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, Goblin tribal lists are dense with small utility creatures — Goblin Lackey, Skirk Prospector, Goblin Warchief — so Goblin Mutant's attack restriction fires almost every turn. Legacy Goblin lists are tuned for speed and consistency; a four-mana creature that routinely can't swing doesn't make the cut when Goblin Ringleader and Muxus, Goblin Grandee exist. It's bulk in every format it's legal in.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Goblin Mutant is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card. That price reflects the play rate accurately, and there's no realistic scenario where demand pushes it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.