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Goblin Warrens

Enchantment

{2}{R}, Sacrifice two Goblins: Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Fallen Empires
Price
$1.59
EDHREC rank
#14922
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Goblin Warrens card art
Goblin Warrens turns one Goblin into two tokens per activation — threaten lethal with Purphoros, God of the Forge triggers or generate infinite mana with Mana Echoes before your opponents can blink. The cost is three mana to set up and one red plus sacrificing two Goblins per use, which means the engine collapses if you're behind on board.

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Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Goblin Warrens is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer life totals and singleton parity give the token engine enough time to spiral out of control in a way that 20-life formats never allow. Legacy and Vintage are legal but offer no realistic home; the activation cost and dependency on existing Goblin density make it uncompetitive against the interaction density of those formats. Commander is where Goblin Warrens does real work, slotting cleanly into any red Goblin tribal list that can protect the enchantment for a single rotation.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$1.59 cheap tier

At $1.59, Goblin Warrens sits at the cheap end of tribal enchantments with meaningful combo upside. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike without a reprint in a Commander precon, so it's a low-risk pickup for any Goblin build.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.