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Midrange Goblins, armed with Vivien's Arkbow and Bow of Nylea ... what could possibly go wrong?

Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions!


Goblin Rabblemaster and Legion Warboss : The cards are obviously very similar, and both can spiral out of control very quickly. But there are a few key differences ...

  • Rabblemaster hits a little harder than Warboss. For example, without interaction a Rabblemaster plus its Tokens will attack for 1-6-8-10, while a Warboss and its Tokens will attack for 1-5-7-9.
  • Warboss is generally better on a crowded board, because it doesn't make all other Goblins attack, just the one that it created most recently.

Goblin King : Mountainwalk is great vs. many decks, but watch out for 8-Whack, Burn, and Mutavault decks (as the King grants Mountainwalk to our opponents' Goblins too).

Taurean Mauler :

  • Mauler can rapidly grow out of hand, and gives us an important "go tall" capability vs. many decks.
  • It's especially good vs. UR Phoenix (because it's not bounced by Awoken Horror ) and the occasional Merfolk or Slivers deck (because of Lord of Atlantis and many older Slivers).

Chameleon Colossus :

  • Like Taurean Mauler , it's especially good vs. UR Phoenix and the odd Merfolk or Slivers deck.
  • It's also extremely strong vs. Death's Shadow decks. They have zero answers for it, and even if they can attack with Temur Battle Rage , they have to assign lethal damage during both the first and second combat damage steps, leaving relatively little damage to trample through :-)

Siege-Gang Commander :

  • A solid top-deck or Arkbow hit, whether we're ahead, behind, or in a board stall.
  • Its activated ability can act as a combat trick, provides us an alternate win-con vs. Ensnaring Bridge decks, and can kill even the biggest creatures during the Declare Attackers step (if Bow of Nylea is on the battlefield).

Vivien's Arkbow :

  • Card filtering and Instant-speed uncounterable creatures? Yeah, I'll take some of that!
  • The odds change as the game progresses, but our odds of hitting a Goblin are approximately 65% for X=3, 84% for X=4, and 92% for X=5.
  • Watch out for Grafdigger's Cage though, which shuts it down entirely.

Bow of Nylea :


Magus of the Moon :

  • Magus is primarily for wrecking our opponents manabase, but it also plays VERY well with Goblin King .
  • Blood Moon is much harder for our opponents to remove, but I prefer Magus in a deck with Vivien's Arkbow .

Scavenging Ooze : Superb graveyard hate, especially for a deck running Vivien's Arkbow .


Zada's Commando : The only Goblin Archer in Magic, but unfortunately not a good fit for the deck.


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Revision 11 See all

(4 years ago)

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Date added 5 years
Last updated 4 years
Legality

This deck is Modern legal.

Rarity (main - side)

44 - 10 Rares

8 - 5 Commons

Cards 60
Avg. CMC 2.62
Tokens Goblin 1/1 R
Folders Welcome to Nilbog, >> Modern Archive <<, Keeps
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