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Mogg War Marshal

Creature — Goblin Warrior

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#3121
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Mogg War Marshal card art
Mogg War Marshal enters as three bodies for two mana — one 1/1 on arrival, another on the way out — and that death trigger is where the real value lives, feeding Skirk Prospector with a free sacrifice or pinging opponents three times through Purphoros, God of the Forge. It is one of the most efficient token producers in red, and any Goblin or token deck that ignores it is leaving mana on the table.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Purphoros, God of the Forge

Purphoros, God of the Forge

62.8% of decks · synergy 0.54

Purphoros, God of the Forge pings each opponent whenever a creature enters, so Mogg War Marshal's two enter-the-battlefield triggers — one on cast, one on death — deal 4 damage to each opponent for two mana and an echo cost, making it one of the highest-damage-per-card pieces in the deck.

02
Zada, Hedron Grinder

Zada, Hedron Grinder

57.8% of decks · synergy 0.48

Zada, Hedron Grinder copies instants and sorceries targeting her onto every other creature, and Mogg War Marshal supplies two extra bodies to widen that copy count before a payoff spell resolves.

03

Grub, Storied Matriarch

45.5% of decks · synergy 0.43

Grub, Storied Matriarch rewards running low-power creatures with additional token production, and Mogg War Marshal's 1/1 Goblin tokens fit squarely in that low-power band while still generating real board presence.

04
Muxus, Goblin Grandee

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

51.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

Muxus, Goblin Grandee flips the top cards of your library and puts every Goblin with mana value five or less directly into play, and Mogg War Marshal at two mana is exactly the kind of cheap, high-token-density hit that makes a Muxus pile explosive.

05
Wort, Boggart Auntie

Wort, Boggart Auntie

41.1% of decks · synergy 0.39

Wort, Boggart Auntie returns a Goblin from your graveyard to hand at end of turn, so sacrificing Mogg War Marshal to an effect and then looping it back keeps the token stream — and whatever engine it feeds — running indefinitely.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Mogg War Marshal is a Pauper staple and has been for years — the format's lower power ceiling makes a two-mana card that produces three bodies over two turns genuinely threatening, and it shows up in red aggro and Goblin tribal lists alike. In Legacy, it surfaces in Goblin combo shells where the death trigger feeds sacrifice engines and the echo cost is a feature rather than a downside. Modern sees it occasionally in budget Goblin builds, though the format's speed means the one-turn echo delay can matter. Commander is where Mogg War Marshal has its widest audience: it slots into any red token or Goblin deck as cheap, repeatable fuel and interacts profitably with an enormous range of common payoffs.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Mogg War Marshal is pure bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Demand is broad enough across Pauper, Legacy, and Commander that copies stay in circulation, so the price is unlikely to spike, but at this floor there is no reason to wait.

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