Goblin Matron

Creature — Goblin

When Goblin Matron enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a Goblin card, reveal that card, put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Farivoles on Quizas 1

3 weeks ago

Hello, may I suggest a few cards for your decklist?

• Warren Weirding since it's an interraction piece that goes back to hand with Wort ability.
• Goblin Matron even without seeking combo, it's an awesome goblin tutor.
• Goblin Recruiter like the matron but way better
• Warren Soultrader can let you ramp and take advantage of an opponent wrath.
• Munitions Expert Excellent Rakdos goblin that can replace a mono-target interraction piece.

The Matron and Recruiter might not fit a bracket 2 deck but the rest seems fine with any bracket. Have a nice day.

vic on Will Goblin Matron's ability trigger …

5 months ago

I just want to make absolutely sure this works. I have a Goblin Motivator in play. I cast a Warren Instigator and give it haste. It attacks unblocked and hits. I have a Goblin Matron in hand. I put down the Matron after the first strike with the Instigator and use the Matron to fetch another Goblin. I then put down the fetched goblin after the second(regular) strike.

Liquidbeaver on Ib Halfheart, Goblin Sac-tician [PRIMER]

1 year ago

Everybody knows being illiterate is the coolest, but it also means you can't read. This leads to things like putting Broadside Bombardiers into the deck even though Boast is bad poopoo garbage for us. We use good garbage around here!

Swapped out for Connecting the Dots.

In other news, Maskwood Nexus has been very fun, leading to interesting lines and interactions in every game it was played. Best one was against slivers making all my Goblins swole af, and then dodging The Argent Etchings  ^Flipboard wipe because they were Phyrexian Goblins too. I haven't yet grabbed a Purphoros, God of the Forge or a Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip off of Moggcatcher or Goblin Matron because of the Nexus, but soon!

NV_1980 on Goblin Fortress

1 year ago

Maybe Goblin Matron, Goblin Sharpshooter, Legion Loyalist and Treasure Nabber?

Apollo_Paladin on Down Down to Goblin Town

2 years ago

Goblin Matron is another decent pick since you have a lot of 1-off's in your build here. A few of these can be helpful pulling more consistently across your deck (and without having to buy more expensive singles).

Crow_Umbra on Tutorless Commander?

2 years ago

I don't think tutors are inherently bad or OP, especially if your play group knows to anticipate them. Even then, I think that with the variety of tutors available, they aren't necessarily created equally and offer a fun decision making space in terms of selection for speed and tutoring specificity. My friends say that I am the "tech-y" player of our meta in terms of running tutors and meta specific removal/interaction.

I'm not running Demonic Tutor in every deck that can run it, and use my one copy in my Anhelo, the Painter deck, which can make it even more pushed. For other decks, I tend to use slower, more specific, and generally sub-optimal tutors. In my old Alesha deck, I utilized Goblin Matron to grab Murderous Redcap or Sling-Gang Lieutenant to help complete a combo loop. Eventually that got upgraded to Imperial Recruiter once the price dropped after reprints.

I do like "tutors" that also present modal uses in their utilization, so they aren't necessarily a tutor 100% of the time. Muddle the Mixture and Sterling Grove are both tutors that have other primary uses, and force me to evaluate which mode will be more beneficial in the moment.

All that being said, I think my meta adjusted to anticipate my occasional use of tutors, and either started packing more counterspells, or learned to save their removal/interaction for whatever got tutored up. Some of the tutors I previously mentioned have multiple built-in drawbacks, such as having to reveal what I tutored for, giving my friends the opportunity to anticipate whatever was coming next. Every time I've used a tutor, I usually get focused pretty hard by everyone else at the table, especially if I have to reveal what I found.

A tutor-less format would likely place much more emphasis on draw power and midrange strategies, and would likely make all of the strongest draw engines that much more necessary.

nuperokaso on Jupiiii

2 years ago

Cards to think about: Zalto, Fire Giant Duke, Marauding Raptor, Into the Maw of Hell, Mana Tithe, Flame Slash, Sin Prodder, Pyrohemia, Solphim, Mayhem Dominus, Golden Guardian  ^Flip, Goblin Matron

Bad cards to remove: Wild Magic Surge, Intimidation Bolt, Guardian Idol, Prismatic Lens, Everflowing Chalice, Thought Vessel, Worn Powerstone, Maskwood Nexus, Angelfire Ignition

Delphen7 on Serra's Emissary Which Protection can …

2 years ago

You can choose planeswalker with Serra's Emissary as it is a card type.

205.2a: "The card types are artifact, conspiracy, creature, dungeon, enchantment, instant, land, phenomenon, plane, planeswalker, scheme, sorcery, tribal, and vanguard. See section 3, “Card Types.”"

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Subtypes are what come after the - on a type line to further describe a card type. Goblin Matron has a Goblin subtype, Ashiok, Dream Render has an Ashiok subtype.