Quill-Slinger Boggart
Creature — Goblin Warrior
Whenever a player casts a Kithkin spell, you may have target player lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30553
Quill-Slinger Boggart taxes opponents one life every time you play a Goblin — relevant only in a dedicated Goblin tribal shell where you're casting several per turn. The effect is too slow and the body too small to justify the slot in any other context.
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 |
Quill-Slinger Boggart is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Commander it finds its only real home in Goblin tribal builds where the cumulative life drain across three opponents can actually add up, though dedicated Goblin lists have better three-drops competing for that slot. In Pauper it's a common, but the format's Goblin strategies want cheap aggressive bodies over slow life-drain engines. Legacy and Vintage Goblin shells run lean and fast — Quill-Slinger Boggart's three-mana cost and lack of immediate impact price it out entirely.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Quill-Slinger Boggart is deep bulk — the price of a card with narrow tribal application and no competitive demand. It won't appreciate, but it costs nothing to slot into a casual Goblin tribal Commander list if the life-drain effect fits your game plan.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.