Mudbutton Torchrunner
Creature — Goblin Warrior
When this creature dies, it deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planechase 2012
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #20262
Mudbutton Torchrunner trades itself for 3 damage to any target — creature, planeswalker, or player — the moment it dies, no targeting required on your part. That's a clean, unconditional effect stapled to a 1/1 body for three mana, which is the ceiling of what you'd pay for it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mudbutton Torchrunner is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it sees the most legitimate play — Goblin tribal shells there can loop or sacrifice it repeatedly to stack guaranteed damage. In Commander, it slots into Goblin sacrifice decks like Krenko, Mob Boss or Skirk Prospector engines where you're already generating and expending bodies for value; the guaranteed 3 damage on death scales surprisingly well when you're sacrificing a dozen goblins a turn. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana for a 1/1 with a death trigger doesn't compete with the format's density, so it never appears there outside of niche Goblin tribal lists. Modern is the same story — better redundancy exists at every point on the curve.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Mudbutton Torchrunner is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no reason to expect price movement; it's widely available and sees no competitive demand outside of casual Goblin builds.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.