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Torch Courier

Creature — Goblin

Haste
Sacrifice this creature: Another target creature gains haste until end of turn.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Guilds of Ravnica
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#7760
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Torch Courier card art
Torch Courier is a zero-mana haste enabler that sacrifices itself to give another creature haste — the instant-speed window matters most when you've just resolved Muxus, Goblin Grandee and need the board to swing before the table answers. The cost is card disadvantage: you're trading a body to grant one attack, so it belongs only in decks where that attack ends the game or powers a must-answer engine like Goblin Recruiter into a kill line.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Muxus, Goblin Grandee

Muxus, Goblin Grandee

25.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Muxus, Goblin Grandee dumps a board of Goblins and then needs one of them swinging or tapping immediately — Torch Courier turns that pile of summoning-sick tokens into a live threat on the same turn Muxus resolves, which is often the turn the game ends.

02
Krenko, Mob Boss

Krenko, Mob Boss

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Krenko, Mob Boss needs to untap to go exponential, but getting him haste the turn he lands is the fastest way to double your board before removal can answer him — Torch Courier fills that role at zero mana, which is the price Krenko decks are willing to pay.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Torch Courier is a niche but real card in Goblin tribal — the decks that want it are specifically looking for zero-cost haste enablers to combo off the same turn they drop their engine piece. Outside of Commander, it sees essentially no competitive play: faster formats like Legacy and Vintage have redundant haste effects or win conditions that don't require this kind of setup, and Pauper's aggro decks would rather run a haste creature than spend a slot on a one-shot enabler. Torch Courier's value is almost entirely Commander-specific, and even there it's narrow — run it in Goblin tribal or don't run it at all.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Torch Courier sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — it's a narrow functional piece in one tribal archetype rather than a card with broad cross-format demand. You're not speculating when you pick one up; you're just buying the effect for the cost of a sleeve.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.