Goblin Settler
Creature — Goblin
When this creature enters, destroy target land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $2.52
- EDHREC rank
- #19425
Goblin Settler enters the battlefield and destroys a land — unconditional, no targeting restriction, attached to a 1/1 body for four mana. The cost is real: four mana for a 1/1 is a poor rate, and this only pulls its weight in decks that can cheat it into play repeatedly.
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 |
Commander is where Goblin Settler lives, specifically in Goblin tribal shells that can blink, reanimate, or recur it to keep blowing up lands. In Legacy, land destruction is a recognized axis but Goblin Settler competes with cheaper, more efficient options and rarely makes the cut outside fringe Goblin toolbox lists. Vintage has the same problem — four mana is an eternity in a format defined by fast mana. Goblin Settler is not legal in Modern, Pioneer, or Standard, and Pauper excludes it as well. Oathbreaker is legal but the format moves fast enough that a four-mana 1/1 with a single land destruction trigger rarely justifies a slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$2.52 cheap tier
At $2.52, Goblin Settler sits at the low end of the cheap tier — reasonable given it's a narrow card with a small audience. The price holds primarily because Goblin tribal players occasionally want a singleton land-destruction bullet they can tutor for, not because of broad demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.