Goblin War Cry
Sorcery
Target opponent chooses a creature they control. Other creatures they control can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $3.30
- EDHREC rank
- #25790
Goblin War Cry pumps your whole team and forces your opponent to sacrifice a creature — two effects stapled onto one card for a single red mana. It's a clean combat trick in aggressive Goblin builds, and the value is real, but outside tribal redundancy it rarely makes the cut.
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 War Cry is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its entire story lives — it has no presence in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper. In Commander, it earns a slot in Goblin tribal decks that can flood the board and swing wide, where the pump matters and the sacrifice clause can pick off a utility creature before blockers are declared. Legacy and Vintage offer faster, more consistent Goblin shells, but neither format has room for a one-shot sorcery at this effect level when Goblin Lackey and Rishadan Port are setting the pace. Oathbreaker is the fringe case where a Goblin-themed pairing might find it playable, but the ceiling stays low.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.30 cheap tier
At $3.30, Goblin War Cry sits in budget territory but prices high for what it does — a narrow tribal trick with no reusability. Demand is driven almost entirely by Goblin collectors and tribal Commander players, so the price is stable rather than likely to climb.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.