Muxus, Goblin Grandee
Legendary Creature — Goblin Noble
When Muxus enters, reveal the top six cards of your library. Put all Goblin creature cards with mana value 5 or less from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Whenever Muxus attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other Goblin you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $11.70
- EDHREC rank
- #4008
Muxus, Goblin Grandee hits the table and immediately floods the board with Goblins from the top six cards of your library, then pumps them all — the payoff is immediate and often game-ending. The six-mana base cost is steep, but every Goblin you have in play shaves a mana off the cast, so decks built around the tribe routinely land Muxus for two or three mana by mid-game. Wort, Boggart Auntie gives you a recursion safety net if the table answers it, which makes the one-card investment feel even safer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wort, Boggart Auntie
Wort, Boggart Auntie's recursion engine is exactly the insurance Muxus, Goblin Grandee needs — when the table answers Muxus before it untaps, Wort gets it back from the graveyard and lets you threaten the board flood a second time.
Grub, Storied Matriarch
Grub, Storied Matriarch rewards going wide with large creature tokens, and Muxus, Goblin Grandee dumping a half-dozen Goblins into play at once is one of the fastest ways to trigger that payoff repeatedly.
General Kreat, the Boltbringer
General Kreat, the Boltbringer wants a dense Goblin base to redirect damage, and Muxus, Goblin Grandee acts as the single card that can refill or establish that base from nothing mid-combat.
Krenko, Mob Boss
Krenko, Mob Boss doubles his Goblin count every tap, so every token Muxus, Goblin Grandee puts into play translates directly into exponential output the moment Krenko activates.
Shattergang Brothers
Shattergang Brothers use sacrifice fodder across all three permanent types, and the flood of Goblin bodies Muxus, Goblin Grandee generates gives the Brothers an essentially unlimited sacrifice engine for controlling the board.
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 |
Commander is the natural home for Muxus, Goblin Grandee — the 100-card singleton format is deep enough with tribal support that the cost reduction reliably kicks in, and the hit-six-cards ability scales up dramatically when your deck is stacked with Goblin payoffs. In Legacy, Goblin tribal is a real archetype and Muxus sees fringe play as a top-end finisher, though the format's speed means you need to protect it from Force of Will. Vintage is technically legal but the format is too fast for a six-mana creature that doesn't immediately win on resolution. Oathbreaker is legal and functions similarly to Commander at a compressed scale, though the 20-life format means the board flood closes games even faster.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
No single card fully replaces the board-flood impact of Muxus, Goblin Grandee, but Goblin Matron fills the tutor role at a fraction of the cost if what you actually need is consistency finding a specific Goblin. Goblin Ringleader is the closest functional substitute — it reveals the top four and puts all Goblins in hand rather than directly into play, which is a meaningful downgrade but still a strong tribal refuel for well under a dollar.
Price Context
Current price
$11.70 mid tier
At $11.70, Muxus, Goblin Grandee sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion but cheap enough that it's not the card holding a budget Goblin deck back. It's the de facto finisher of the tribe, so demand stays steady; don't expect the price to crater unless a reprint lands in a widely distributed product.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Wort, Boggart Auntie
- Grub, Storied Matriarch
- General Kreat, the Boltbringer
- Krenko, Mob Boss
- Shattergang Brothers
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.