Noggin Whack
Kindred Sorcery — Rogue
Prowl 
(You may cast this for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Rogue.)
Target player reveals three cards from their hand. You choose two of them. That player discards those cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #25902
Noggin Whack makes target opponent discard two cards if you attacked with a Goblin this turn — conditional discard that punishes you for not running a tribal shell. In the right deck it's a two-mana Blightning without the damage; in the wrong one it's uncastable.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Noggin Whack is a fringe card in every format it's legal in, and Commander is where it sees the most play — Goblin tribal commanders like Krenko, Mob Boss or Muxus, Goblin Grandee can reliably trigger the prowl cost, making two-mana targeted discard genuinely efficient. Outside a dedicated Goblin shell, the card is too conditional to justify a slot over unconditional discard. In Legacy and Vintage, where Goblins have real tribal infrastructure, Noggin Whack occasionally appears as a sideboard discard option, but neither format has embraced it as a mainstay.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Noggin Whack is deep bulk — the price reflects narrow demand, not narrow power. It holds value in the sense that bulk rarely loses value, but there's no pressure to buy in; copies will be available cheaply whenever a Goblin tribal build needs one.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.