Mogg Fanatic

Creature — Goblin

Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#11839
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Mogg Fanatic card art
Mogg Fanatic trades itself for exactly one damage at instant speed — the whole value is that the sacrifice is a feature, not a bug, making it a combo piece rather than a beater. In Goblin Recruiter and Muxus, Goblin Grandee shells it earns its slot by dying on demand to generate mana, drain life, or close a loop the turn you go off.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Muxus, Goblin Grandee

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

19.0% of decks · synergy 0.17

Muxus, Goblin Grandee chains into Mogg Fanatic as a free sacrifice outlet the turn it enters — once Muxus floods the board, you need cheap Goblins that do something when they die, and Fanatic's one-damage ping can redirect to a player's face to close out the game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Mogg Fanatic is a role-player in Goblin combo decks, not a generic inclusion — it earns its slot specifically in loops that need a low-cost sacrifice outlet with a triggered damage effect. In Legacy, it sees fringe play as a one-mana answer to Delver of Secrets and Deathrite Shaman, though Goblin Lackey and friends have long pushed it to the margins of Goblin tribal lists. Pauper is where Mogg Fanatic gets the most work as a clean way to trade up on small creatures and close damage gaps. Modern has largely left it behind — one damage for one mana at sorcery-equivalent speed doesn't compete with current rate cards. Vintage allows it but ignores it entirely.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Mogg Fanatic sits firmly in bulk territory — cheap enough to throw into any Goblin list without a second thought. Bulk commons this old rarely move on price unless a new combo or reprint shakes the market, so expect it to stay right here.

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