Goblin Soothsayer
Creature — Goblin Shaman
, 
, Sacrifice a Goblin: Red creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #19088
Goblin Soothsayer gives your entire team mountainwalk for a single mana at instant speed — a one-card alpha strike in any Goblin deck that faces a red player. The cost is that the effect is fleeting and utterly useless against opponents who run no Mountains.
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 Soothsayer is a Commander card through and through — mountainwalk is at its best in a 99-card multiplayer game where at least one opponent almost certainly controls a Mountain. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; dedicated Goblin strategies in those formats have faster, more reliable ways to close games than conditional evasion. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, and only if your meta skews red.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Goblin Soothsayer sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without a second thought if the slot makes sense. Bulk commons and uncommons rarely appreciate, so don't expect that to change, but at this price the question is never cost.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.