MTG Salvation

Hey Everyone,

This is my third EDH deck and I wanted some feedback before I actually get the cards together. Here's the list

My general gameplan with this deck is to be aggressive and explosive, which is why I am running only 34 lands (which might be way too low). This is built for multiplayer games of no more than 4 people. I want to win mostly by beating face with my favorite silly Magic tribe and then burning them out when I get them in the red zone. This deck seemed like tons of fun, especially with how explosive goblins can be and with the sheer amount of damage they can deal out. Any and all advice is appreciated, thanks

You have 2 Goblin Wizards on your list.

Now I'll be helpful...

Clickslither perhaps?

Airdrop Condor will prolly be a Voracious Dragon #2, nothing wrong with that.

I see no reason not to abuse your Black more. Diabolic Tutor would be nice here.

Blood Moon will disrupt any deck over two colors badly and works really well with Goblin King. Possibly Magus of the Moon. Redundancy is nice.

Shattering Pulse or Shattering Spree. You look light on artifact removal or if you prefer, Goblin Welder or Goblin Tinkerer are on tribal.

Gamble is a very under-rated card and since you recur Gobos like mad anyways, half the time, what you discard won't matter.

Earwig Squad is a nice body and you can ruin people's combo hopes with it.

Squee, Goblin Nabob because it's Squee, and no goblin deck can claim completion without Squee.

Breath of Fury also combos well with Kiki Jiki.

Skirk Fire Marshal seems like fun.

Warbreak Trumpeter is more token madness.

Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician seems fun too.

My playgroup won't really let me play Wort... Despite it generally being a silly tribe it's far too easy to build into a combo within the deck (Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, Lightning Crafter, any sacrifice outlet). And with Wort, Patriarch's Bidding, Footbottom Feast, and so many other effective recursion options, it's really easy to piece it back together once they try to stop it.

I'll add my list when I get the chance to type it out.

No Goblin Lackey though?

Hey Guys,

I really appreciate you taking the time to give me some feedback. Particularly from such a Goblin Savant as Eseph appears to be

@AHHHgro: Airdrop Condor definitely goes in, good call. I'm passing on the moons because I personally don't really like how they play (mana denial). I've been on the fence for a while about a lot of those, particularly Squee. Any suggestions on what they should replacea?

@ Eseph: That's lame that they won't let you play Wort, she looks so fun. I'm trying to avoid the combo route for more of a Goblin swarmy/die/reswarmy strategy. The more I think about it the more I want some sort of recursion suite, so the feast should definitely go in. Just need to think of something to cut... Also I decided to pass on Lackey because it didn't seem to give enough bang for my buck. It's expensive, and it doesn't do a whole lot for me in EDH. It's a terrible late-game topdeck, and just seems (not from experience) like it would be underwhelming. Does your experience indicate otherwise? I would love to hear your feelings, having actually played something similar.

I am also considering cutting Knucklebone Witch, as she gets big but doesn't do much else. More advice is always appreciated!

It's not so much that they won't let me, as I can't get an enjoyable game in. Just get hated out of multiplayer games. The combo really is just that easy to both find and recur (thanks Wort!), so often I assemble it 2-3 times (only to have it thwarted insome way) before they kill me off.

Goblin Lackey is one of the best one drops ever printed. He's not as ridiculous as he could be in EDH, but his effect is still well worth including, and with the number of ways we tend to provide haste to our dudes, even in the later game he can be a nice little surprise. We've also got enough tutors, that pulling him up early on (especially in multiplayer), can give us plenty of open targets for free goblins.

I'm still getting my list typed up, but one card I would very strongly recommend looking in to is Brainspoil, it's OK removal, but it doubles as one of the best tutors in the deck. Finding: Kiki-Jiki, SGC, Bidding, Liliana Vess, Skirk Fire Marshal, Void, Eldrazi Monument... (and a bunch of other useful things too).

Sidenote: Fire Marshal + Monument = Shenanigans.

Sidenote2: You know which combo I keep refering to, right? To clarify (just in case); Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Lightning Crafter + any of Goblin Sharpshooter/Skirk Prospector/Goblin Bombardment/Boggart Shenanigans/any other free sacrifice outlet = Infinite Damage.

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It's not so much that they won't let me, as I can't get an enjoyable game in. Just get hated out of multiplayer games. The combo really is just that easy to both find and recur (thanks Wort!), so often I assemble it 2-3 times (only to have it thwarted insome way) before they kill me off.

I feel Your pain. I have the same problem when I play My Wort deck. My build is pretty heavily based around Kiki-Jiki interactions and its not a stretch to expect 3 spot removal spells pointed at Him the turn He comes down. I've found Myself becoming more and more dependent on the ability to aggro out as plan b lately.

Updated the list a bit. The more I think about it, the more I want this to be a hyper aggressive swing-with-goblins deck. I took out some of the better card draw to be more in line with that theme, even though it might not be a great idea. We'll see. Great point on Brainspoil Eseph, tutors for all my favorites in the deck. Still would like to find room for Lackey. Updated the list

Take out the Kathari Bomber, really too little an effect to abuse in this format.
I'd replace it with Goblin Tinkerer or Earwig Squad both of whom I mentioned earlier, I'd opt for the tinker personally to stop you from getting prisoned by artifacts. (of course this depends entirely upon your playgroup anyways.)

Foot Bottom Feast feels weak for me here as well. Since you have to wait to draw most of these critters and you already have a lot of "SUDDENLY GOBLINS!" from your 'yard cards.

I would also take out Goblin Harbringer and run Buried Alive instead. I'm not so sure on this one though. It's really gonna depend upon the situation and how many kill spells you general tends to attract.

I also realized that Breath of Fury (also mentioned previously) gives you infinite combat phases not only with Kiki, but also with Boggart Mob if you can land hits with him. Just a thought.

I know they're not fantastic cards, but a couple of guys in my group like using cards like Claws of Gix as an outlet for life to respond to board wipes of exiling spells like StP or Path.

You could also look to stuff like Earwig Squad to remove certain cards from their decks that are particularly annoying. (IE combo breakers or extra turn cards)