Goblin Razerunners
Creature — Goblin Warrior
, Sacrifice a land: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your end step, you may have this creature deal damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to target player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battlebond
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #16194
Goblin Razerunners turns land sacrifice into a repeatable direct damage engine — sac a land at end of turn, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then ping any target for that many damage. The cost is real: you're trading lands for pressure, which means it belongs in decks that generate surplus lands, not ones already strapped for mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade generates a 2/2 Spirit token every time a creature gets a +1/+1 counter, so each activation of Goblin Razerunners stacks both a damage threat and a free body — the two cards form a self-reinforcing loop that scales over a long game.
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 |
Goblin Razerunners is a Commander card through and through — the incremental damage plan and the setup cost only make sense in a 40-life, multiplayer context where you have turns to build counters and opponents to ping. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes against formats that end games on turn one or two, which is a losing proposition for a four-mana 2/2 that needs repeated activations to matter. Modern is similarly hostile: the card is too slow and too fragile for a format defined by efficient threats and interaction. Stick to Commander, specifically decks running Crucible of Worlds effects or landfall recursion that let you sacrifice without falling behind on mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Goblin Razerunners is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable precisely because the card sees narrow play; it won't spike unless a new commander pushes land-sacrifice strategies into the mainstream, which hasn't happened yet.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.