Goblin Spy
Creature — Goblin Rogue
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #24093
Goblin Spy lets you play with the top card of your library revealed at all times — a permanent, free information advantage that combos with top-deck manipulation and 'play with top card revealed' synergies. The cost is a 1/1 body for one red mana with no other upside, so you're running it entirely for the static ability.
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 |
In Commander, Goblin Spy earns its slot in Krenko, Mob Boss and Zada, Hedron Grinder Goblin tribal builds, but its real home is any deck that cares about knowing or manipulating the top card — think Scroll Rack, Sensei's Divining Top, and oracle-effect commanders like Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow. Legacy is the only other format where Goblin Spy is legal and theoretically relevant, but a 1/1 that does nothing to the board gets nowhere near competitive lists. In practice, this is a Commander-only card.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Goblin Spy is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you bother ordering it. That price is stable; there's no pressure driving it up and no reprint risk worth thinking about.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.