Goblin Surveyor
Creature — Goblin Scout
Trample
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
Max speed — 
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #18752
Goblin Surveyor puts a 2/2 body on the board and lets you scry 2 — reasonable card selection stapled to a creature — but four mana for that rate is a steep ask in any competitive context. Samut, the Driving Force decks tolerate it because they want creatures to trigger her abilities, not because the rate is good.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Samut, the Driving Force
Samut, the Driving Force rewards flooding the board with creatures that have incidental value, and Goblin Surveyor fills that role while smoothing your draws — the scry 2 helps you find the gas Samut needs to close games.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goblin Surveyor is legal everywhere but earns a slot almost nowhere outside Commander. In Pauper, four mana for a 2/2 with scry 2 can't compete with the efficiency the format demands. Modern and Pioneer have no interest in this rate either — there are cheaper, more impactful ways to filter draws. In Commander, Goblin Surveyor finds its niche in Goblin tribal shells that want headcount and can use scry 2 to set up big turns, though even there it's a fringe inclusion rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Goblin Surveyor sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb — it's a common with narrow appeal and no competitive demand pulling its price up. Grab it from a bulk bin if you want it; there's no reason to pay more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.