Squee, Goblin Nabob
Legendary Creature — Goblin
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tenth Edition
- Price
- $1.63
- EDHREC rank
- #4119
Squee, Goblin Nabob does one thing — it returns itself from your graveyard to your hand every upkeep — and that single line of text makes it an inexhaustible discard outlet for any deck that wants a permanent in the bin. Quintorius, History Chaser players run it at a 76% clip for exactly this reason: free, repeatable spell-casting triggers with zero card disadvantage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Quintorius, History Chaser
Quintorius, History Chaser triggers every time a card leaves your graveyard, so Squee, Goblin Nabob returning to hand each upkeep is a free damage ping and Spirit token factory on a loop — no other card in the format does this as cheaply or reliably.
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar requires you to have discarded a card this turn to cast it for free, and Squee, Goblin Nabob is the permanent answer to that condition — discard it, cast your commander, return Squee next upkeep, repeat every game.
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Chainer, Nightmare Adept lets you cast creatures from the graveyard, and Squee, Goblin Nabob returning to hand rather than staying in the bin means it sidesteps exile-on-leave interactions while still feeding Chainer's discard-to-cast requirement turn after turn.
Mog, Moogle Warrior
Mog, Moogle Warrior cares about casting spells from zones other than hand, and Squee, Goblin Nabob's recursive loop means you can discard it, let it come back, and keep fueling whatever sacrifice or cast-from-graveyard engine Mog is running.
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath taps to loot when you discard a Madness card, and Squee, Goblin Nabob is the ideal discard fodder to pitch when no Madness card is available — it costs nothing to lose, comes back the next upkeep, and keeps Anje's engine spinning through dead draws.
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 |
Commander is where Squee, Goblin Nabob earns its keep, slotting into any red or Rakdos deck that wants a repeatable discard outlet or graveyard-departure trigger without ever running out of gas. In Legacy and Vintage it's a fringe piece — historically used in Entomb or reanimator shells as a discard safety valve, but too slow and too narrow for most competitive lists. Modern legality is technically true, but the card sees no meaningful play there; three mana for a 1/1 with a delayed recursion trigger doesn't clear the bar in a format that moves faster. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: the right spellslinger or discard planeswalker unlocks it, and the lower starting life total makes grinding value engines slightly less central.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.63 cheap tier
At $1.63, Squee, Goblin Nabob sits firmly in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to pick up on impulse, expensive enough that it's not a throwaway common. The price is stable; it has never spiked hard because the card is narrow, but demand from Quintorius and Anje Falkenrath builds keeps it from bottoming out entirely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.