Nosy Goblin
Creature — Goblin
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target face-down creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30159
Nosy Goblin forces an opponent to reveal their hand when it deals combat damage to them — solid information at a two-mana body, but the effect is a one-shot trigger that requires getting through. It earns its slot in Goblin tribal and evasion-focused red strategies; everywhere else, the payoff is too thin for the setup.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nosy Goblin is a fringe inclusion in Goblin tribal builds where tribal synergies — lords, Goblin Lackey effects, haste enablers — make the combat damage trigger realistic, and knowing an opponent's hand has multiplayer value. In Legacy and Vintage, two mana for a 2/1 that requires hitting an opponent to do anything is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Pauper is the most charitable non-Commander home: the common slot is forgiving, and hand information is genuinely powerful at that speed, though Nosy Goblin still has to survive long enough to connect.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Nosy Goblin is deep bulk — this is a card you pull from a common box, not one you buy. The price reflects demand accurately; don't expect it to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.