Goblin Tinkerer
Creature — Goblin Artificer
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: Destroy target artifact. That artifact deals damage equal to its mana value to this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #19975
Goblin Tinkerer trades itself to destroy any artifact, provided that artifact's mana value is less than or equal to the number of untapped Mountains you control — which makes it a conditional removal piece that rewards a mono-red or heavy-Mountain build. The ceiling is real, the floor is a 1/2 that does nothing.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Goblin Tinkerer earns a slot in Goblin tribal decks that run enough Mountains to reliably hit mid-to-high mana value artifacts — Krenko, Mob Boss shells and similar red-heavy builds can get there, but the card competes with unconditional artifact removal like Chaos Warp. In Pauper, the condition is harder to dismiss: Mountains are plentiful in mono-red aggro and the format's artifact density is high enough that the Tinkerer can consistently threaten real targets. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the effect is far too slow and conditional for either format's artifact threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Goblin Tinkerer is bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price will stay flat; there's no competitive demand pulling it anywhere.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.