Goblin Bombardment

Enchantment

Sacrifice a creature: This deals 1 damage to target creature, player or planeswalker.

Discussion (44)

VexenX on [[Primer v3.6]] - OM_RATH!!! (2021 Update!!!)

2 days ago

I think what makes Fiery Emancipation so good is that it can turn a situation where you only have a limited amount of damage on the board into something game-ending.

In my game this week there were two players left, one with no blockers and 35 life and one with a grip of blockers and 30ish life.

I had 18 life, a Goblin Bombardment, 2 tokens, and Om_rath. I only had a couple of lands in my hand and then topdecked Fiery Emancipation. Without the enchantment, I had 15 combat damage and 16 Bombardment damage (to include the new token and Om_rath himself). After Emancipation I had 45 combat damage and 48 non-combat damage. It went from neither players dead to me winning the game off a top deck.

I can see why the card might seem "win-more", but to me, it is an insurance policy. I also would have to disagree that it is a do-nothing enchantment the turn it comes out. With a VERY small board, it wins games. It looks like a repeatable Craterhoof Behemoth to me. The main drawback is that it isn't a creature I can tutor out and cannot attack itself. Now, I've only cast the spell twice so far, but I won both games I did so.

Mina and Denn, Wildborn is a bit complicated. The trample means almost nothing, as you said. The reason it got a spot back in the deck is (1) the fact that it bounces land back to my hand when I want some landfall, (2) allows me to play an extra land, and also had the sprinkles on top of (3) giving me some instant speed trample to give my opponents a headache when assigning blockers. Even with all these upsides, it is still possible that it comes out of the deck again at some point. I kinda want to play around with Moraug, Fury of Akoum and see how he does..

Hopefully this helps you understand why these cards are in my deck at the moment. Let me know what you think!

Tmonster on Uno Seis Vientiuno

3 days ago

Goblin Bombardment

Mana_Mythic_Legendary on Pursuing Perfection, Part 9: Gruul …

1 week ago

In the last article, I referenced the opinion that Heath Ledger’s Joker is a Rakdos player. Here, I further submit that Godzilla is a Gruul player, or would be if you could find cards big enough. Big, stompy, and gloriously unsubtle, if you like mind games then maybe this isn’t for you. The rest of us will have a grand old time stampeding over you in the true Rhythm of the Wild.

Parsing out themes within Gruul commanders was a little more challenging than the past color pairings. While there are obvious trends like ramp and damage, I’d prefer to discuss things that are more in line with both colors rather than one or the other. To that end, we’re discussing X, Power, and Unsubtlety. As always, please bear in mind that the point isn’t a discussion of the competitive but rather a celebration of the thematic.

X

Bear with me. There are only six legal Red-Green spells with X in the cost, and not all of them are playable. However, there are currently eighty red X spells in print, sixty-eight in green. The other colors all have less. Of those 148 cards, 71 do some sort of damage. My point is this: In the Green corner, we have the undisputed champion of ramp, while in the Red corner we see, by inference, the most willing color to serve as a mana dump. Klauth's Will is probably the only Gruul X spell I’d play, but there are lots, and I mean LOTS, of mono-colored choices for channeling your inner flamethrower.

A 4/4 for four? Not bad. That taps for four? Woot! Heck, I run every Gilded Lotus I own, and that’s only good for three mana! If you like X spells, Rosheen is a nice, reliable bet that probably won’t draw much hate.

This guy? Unlike Rosheen, he might draw hate, and in spades. Doesn’t look relevant to X at first glance, does he? All that draw is magnificent, and an excuse to finally go tribal werewolves is well and good. Come nightfall, though, and he suddenly turns into a Kessig Wolf Run. Crack enough mana and you can kill everyone with one wolf token each. Good times.

This card was made for Goblin Bombardment and all it’s disgusting relatives. Sweet mercy, what a load of combo this is. Crack infinite, Make a pile of tokens, play it, empty it, play it again.

Power

Green’s fatties tend to be just that: well-rounded. Most of them have equal power and toughness, or near to it. In Red, however, you see things like Spark Elemental frequently: potent attackers made to die quickly, loudly, and messily. Both colors, though, have a passion for dominating in the combat phase. From Runes of the Deus to Fires of Yavimaya, there’s a fine sweep of support for storming enemy lines, and there are a number of Gruul commanders who do the same.

Whoa nelly, let them fight is right! Suddenly all those glass cannons Red gave you are made mighty, mighty thick by offense being, after all this time, the best defense. Flowstone Slide is suddenly tempting to play, frighteningly so. I don’t know what other chicaneries you might get into, but this is something I’d love to see played.

Omnath, Locus of Mana had a flying, hasty baby. I’m just going to leave this here and remark that any other commentary I would have made is being drowned out by maniacal laughter.

You like command damage, right? Of course you do. Well, that’s not the point here. However, playing big toys is strongly endorsed, especially when paired with Unnatural Growth and all those delightful parallels to the Pathbreaker Ibex. Get tall, go wide.

Unsubtlety

One could argue for the elegance of simplicity, but there’s nothing elegant about clubbing your opponents with chonks or hosing them down with napalm. Black, now, black’s plenty elegant. Blue is stupid elegant. Green and Red, though, lean towards an extremely direct approach. Here, we’re talking commanders that reward simplicity, encouraging unorthodox deck construction in order to reap some sort of reward.

Lands and critters, critters and land. And SUCH land! I always loved Heartbeat of Spring, but most similar effects double everyone’s stuff, or a particular kind of stuff. Not Nikya. Nikya gives only to you, provided you want to spend it on creatures. Props if you start pulling crazy tricks with Ashaya, Soul of the Wild.

Always swing? Ok. Reach and Vigilance? With two heads, I’m not surprised. 6 damage to anyone not playing a proper spell? Gloriously unsubtle, and less prohibitive than Nikya. Faced with the prospect of self-immolation in seven spells, Blue is going to be very, very cross with you, to say nothing of artifact decks.

The big guy puts me in mind of a line from X-Men Origins: Wolverine. “I'm coming for blood; no law, no code of conduct. You put me in the right direction, you get the hell out of my way.” This looks hard to pull off, but lordy the work it’ll do when you manage! I know from experience that green has all the kit necessary to fill a hand with land: give ol’ Borbor a deck excessively stocked with lands, a few choice options to shuffle your graveyard back in, stick him with Basilisk Collar and get to work.

And, for my personal favorite...

We HAD to discuss him at some point. Nobody is going to look at this guy piloting your deck and wonder what’s going to happen. You are going to spam land drops like nobody’s business until you can afford to plunk his expensive ass on the field, and then you are going to start making an EFFORT. You are going to throw thiccness at absolutely everyone. And, above all, there will be a delightedly murderous glint in your eye whenever someone suggests boardwiping. I know because this is an old, old deck of mine; there’s a bare-bones toolkit, then 40-odd lands and a massive pile of land-rush and “whenever you play a creature.” Think Warstorm Surge, Animist's Awakening, and an excessive collection of the actual token.

That's it for this round. Thoughts and questions are welcome. I hope you enjoyed it, and will come back next week for a real favorite of mine, Selesnya!

Prior Articles:

Rakdos

Dimir

Azorius

Green, with links to the other mono-colors

minyonjoshua on We're back! A Dinosaur's Story

2 weeks ago

artifacts:

out

Commander's Sphere

Herald's Horn???

Infiltration Lens???

Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip

Whispersilk Cloak

Vanquisher's Banner???

Skullclamp

Ashnod's Altar

Brainstone

sorcery:

out

Prismatic Ending

Pir's Whim

Reclaim the Wastes

Reap and Sow

Broken Bond

in

Angelic Purge

Not Forgotten

Primal Growth

Nature's Lore

Infernal Plunge

Skyshroud Claim

Revoke Existence

Reckless Abandon

Response / Resurgence

Relentless Assault

Savage Beating

Seize the Day

instant:

out

Naturalize

Nature's Claim

Plummet

Return to Nature

in

Noxious Revival

Reclaim

Reinforcements

Beast Within

Generous Gift

Ram Through

Chaos Warp

Crib Swap

Wear / Tear

Collateral Damage

creature:

out

Kogla, the Titan Ape

in

Rampaging Baloths

Runic Armasaur

Raging Swordtooth

Brutalizer Exarch

enchantment:

out

Unnatural Growth

Abundance

Aggravated Assault

Bard Class

Berserkers' Onslaught

in

Goblin Bombardment??

Preferred Selection??

planeswalker:

out

Huatli, Warrior Poet

in

Zariel, Archduke of Avernus

land:

in

Lair of the Hydra

High Market

minyonjoshua on We're back! A Dinosaur's Story

3 weeks ago

Vizier of the Menagerie Fauna Shaman Elvish Piper Preferred Selection Instrument of the Bards Dense Foliage Alpha Status Farseek Skullclamp High Market Noxious Revival Reclaim Vitalize Evolutionary Leap Shivan Harvest Helm of Possession Infernal Plunge Ashnod's Altar Primal Growth Collateral Damage Reckless Abandon Goblin Bombardment Evolution Charm Nature's Lore Skyshroud Claim

multimedia on Draggin' Grwl

3 weeks ago

Hey, good upgrades for the precon. Nice Gnawbone + Charger combo. Other than Gnawbone most upgrades here are budget.

What the precon doesn't have is a way to make Vron indestructible since then he can take infinite damage to enrage which can make Scourge, Outpost or Warstorm a burn win condition. Some budget ways to make Vron indestructible:

• Tyrite Sanctum and Crop Rotation tutor for it.
• Anara, Wolvid Familiar
• Withstand Death

Hammer of Nazahn, Darksteel Plate, Heroic Intervention are three expensive price ways to make Vron indestructible.

Greater Good and Goblin Bombardment are budget cards for Dragon Spirits because when a Dragon Spirit does damage it triggers. When this trigger goes to the stack it has to resolve from the stack for the Dragon Spirit to be saced. You can response to the trigger and sac the Dragon Spirit for value. Greater is draw 5 cards and Bombardment lets you do 1 damage to Vron to create another Dragon Spirit. Bombardment is also a burn win condition when Vron is indestructible.

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Some changes to consider:

• Tyrite Sanctum --> 1x Mountain
• Crop Rotation --> You Find a Cursed Idol
• Anara, Wolvid Familiar --> Verix Bladewing
• Withstand Death --> Tremor
• Greater Good --> Colossal Majesty
• Goblin Bombardment --> Where Ancients Tread

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on The old bois

1 month ago

Hey, there's not much to say yet as this is just a list of cards you want to play, nice Swordtooth. Most of what you have so far on the low budget is good, but Decree of Savagery is not playable and Sun-Crested Pterodon, Elfhame Palace, Stone Quarry are really lackluster.

Do you own Gishath? I don't see him here, but I do see Atla. If you don't own Gishath then he's really not worth getting for $20 if you're on such a low budget. Atla is a fine Commander for Dinos and you have her. For $20 you could get many budget cards that are good with Atla rather than just Gishath.

Atla and Gishath will play very differently. Gishath is more straight forward, ramp and Dinos. Atla is more complex since you want ramp, sac outlets for Eggs and Dinos. Marauding Raptor is a combo Dino with Atla to kill an Egg right when it ETB. It also triggers enrage when a Dino ETB.

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Some budget Dinos to consider adding:

• Marauding Raptor
• Quartzwood Crasher
• Apex Altisaur
• Ripjaw Raptor
• Thrasta, Tempest's Roar
• The Tarrasque
• Runic Armasaur
• Thrashing Brontodon
• Ranging Raptors

Some budget cards that have good interactions with Atla and/or Dinos or are ramp:

• Mirror Entity: is a Dino, is an Egg, can turn all creatures you control into Eggs, is a sac outlet.
• Garruk's Uprising: repeatable draw when Dinos ETB and give all Dinos trample.
• Goblin Bombardment: sac outlet for Eggs and each Egg that's saced can do 1 damage to another Egg to kill it too.
• Swiftfoot Boots: haste and hexproof protection for Atla.
• Arcane Signet: staple budget mana rock.
• Fellwar Stone
• Fertile Ground
• Wild Growth
• Farseek with Cinder Glade, Canopy Vista and Alpine Meadow.
• Forerunner of the Empire: puts the Dino on the top of your library to then sac an Egg. It can also kill Eggs.
• Mwonvuli Beast Tracker: puts the Dino with trample on the top of your library to then sac an Egg.
• High Market: sac outlet.
• Tyrite Sanctum: repeatable to make Atla bigger with +1/+1 counters and then give her indestructible.
• Fanatical Devotion: sac outlet and protection from most removal.
• Court of Bounty: can cheat a Dino from your hand onto the battlefield as well as be repeatable draw at your end step.
• Battlemage's Bracers: haste and double the Egg trigger of Atla.
• Fires of Yavimaya: haste enabler for all creatures you control including tokens.

Some budget land upgrades to consider:

• Exotic Orchard
• Path of Ancestry
• Jungle Shrine
• Opal Palace: cast Atla with it to give her one or more +1/+1 counter.
• Unclaimed Territory
• High Market
• Tyrite Sanctum
• Battlefield Forge
• Cinder Glade
• Canopy Vista
• Alpine Meadow
• Game Trail
• Fortified Village

Good luck with your deck.

Gorbah on Bloodline of an Ancient Coven

1 month ago

Hey sean360

First of all thanks for the comment and your interest in my build!

Vampire Nocturnus is a keeper for me, it has won me several games since my deck is mainly black coloured and its always nice to declare attackers and wait for the reactions of opponents and than play a vampiric tutor and put a black card top library :D

Living Death imo the better card than Patriarch's Bidding since I first sac my own board! for example: Goblin Bombardment and ping all the extra damage, than everyone needs to sac his board and all our vamps are coming back! And to answer your next question... This combo play works like a charm when you have Purphoros, God of the Forgeon board :) Elenda, the Dusk Rose ... Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet... Purph is a must have for aggro swarm edgar build :)

Midnight hunt is looking great! That Socialite looks insane and is defo gonna get slotted in here!!

Gonna check your build out right away!