When you have enough goblins- either by combo or just by being a goblin deck- you can sacrifice them all to let Sharpshooter end the game. Most notably with Skirk Prospector (also in this set), you can dump your field for red mana and hit your opponent for one damage each time. Where he gets insane is sacrifice outlets. On its own, Goblin Sharpshooter kills every one toughness creature your opponents have and gets in for one point of damage whenever anything, on either side, dies. He saw play in standard’s “Goblin Bidding,” he was vital to extended’s “Dirty Kitty,” was one of the major win conditions in the Vintage and Legacy “Goblin Food Chain” deck until Goblin Recruiter’s ban/restriction shut that off, and is still played in Legacy Goblins. Goblin Sharpshooter looks a bit weird and janky but is actually one of the most powerful goblins there have ever been. Goblin cards have the best flavor text, especially in Onslaught block.Īnd here we have another goblin that wins the game. Bonus points for the flavor text, though. He has his uses, and I could see him being run as a ‘finishing blow,’ but overall, I’d rather Trumpet Blast. This would make him the worst goblin ever, as a goblin that only hoses goblins, except that he does have the potential to win the game +3/+0 is no overrun, but giving him haste is trivial, and this is a monored deck. This format was, in fact, Onslaught block. As a sideboard card, it’s a one-sided wrath, though it’s only particularly relevant in a format where goblins are dominating. Goblin Pyromancer is an interesting card for goblin decks and a great card against them. Let’s see how that continues throughout the set.

When we last left Onslaught, we’d already seen some real power in Piledriver.

Goblin sharpshooter combo