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Purphoros' Minions
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Commander

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Purphoros, God of the Forge

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature. Whenever another creature you control enters, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent. {2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Purphoros, God of the Forge (ths) 135

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Instant

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Battle Hymn

Add {R} for each creature you control.

Instant
Battle Hymn (avr) 128
Brightstone Ritual

Add {R} for each Goblin on the battlefield.

Instant
Brightstone Ritual (ons) 191
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (c14) 174
Demand Answers

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Demand Answers (mkm) 122
Flare of Duplication

You may sacrifice a nontoken red creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Flare of Duplication (mh3) 119
Fork

Copy target instant or sorcery spell, except that the copy is red. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Fork (3ed) 153
Reverberate

Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

Instant
Reverberate (pd2) 20
Seething Song

Add {R}{R}{R}{R}{R}.

Instant
Seething Song (c21) 179
Valakut Awakening

Instant
Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge (znr) 174

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Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (cmr) 297
Coat of Arms

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)

Artifact
Coat of Arms (plst) DDS-58
Fire Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}.

Artifact
Fire Diamond (c14) 240
Herald's Horn

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (c17) 53
Panharmonicon

If an artifact or creature entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

Artifact
Panharmonicon (kld) 226
Ruby Medallion

Red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Ruby Medallion (c14) 265
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (c14) 268
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c15) 268
Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (xln) 251

Artifact

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Land

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Buried Ruin

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Return target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

Land
Buried Ruin (m12) 224
Castle Embereth

This land enters tapped unless you control a Mountain. {T}: Add {R}. {1}{R}{R}, {T}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Land
Castle Embereth (eld) 239
Den of the Bugbear

If you control two or more other lands, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. {3}{R}: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/2 red Goblin creature with "Whenever this creature attacks, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking." It's still a land.

Land
Den of the Bugbear (afr) 254
Desert of the Fervent

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. Cycling {1}{R} ({1}{R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Desert of the Fervent (hou) 170
Dwarven Mine

({T}: Add {R}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Mountains. When this land enters untapped, create a 1/1 red Dwarf creature token.

Land
Dwarven Mine (eld) 243
Forgotten Cave

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. Cycling {R} ({R}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Forgotten Cave (c20) 274
Goblin Burrows

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Target Goblin creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

Land
Goblin Burrows (plst) DD1-58
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (c15) 289
Kher Keep

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Land
Kher Keep (c13) 303
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (thb) 253
Myriad Landscape

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (znc) 135
Smoldering Crater

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {R}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Smoldering Crater (c20) 313
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle

This land enters tapped. Whenever a Mountain you control enters, if you control at least five other Mountains, you may have this land deal 3 damage to any target. {T}: Add {R}.

Land
Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle (zen) 228
War Room

{T}: Add {C}. {3}, {T}, Pay life equal to the number of colors in your commanders' color identity: Draw a card.

Land
War Room (cmr) 361

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Creature

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Battle Cry Goblin

{1}{R}: Goblins you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn. Pack tactics — Whenever this creature attacks, if you attacked with creatures with total power 6 or greater this combat, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking.

Creature
Battle Cry Goblin (afr) 132
Beetleback Chief

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Creature
Beetleback Chief (ema) 119
Conspicuous Snoop

Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may cast Goblin spells from the top of your library. As long as the top card of your library is a Goblin card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card.

Creature
Conspicuous Snoop (m21) 139
General Kreat, the Boltbringer

Whenever one or more Goblins you control attack, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token that's tapped and attacking. Whenever another creature you control enters, General Kreat deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
General Kreat, the Boltbringer (j25) 48
Goblin Chieftain

Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.) Other Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.

Creature
Goblin Chieftain (m12) 138
Goblin Chirurgeon

Sacrifice a Goblin: Regenerate target creature.

Creature
Goblin Chirurgeon (fem) 54b
Goblin Instigator

When this creature enters, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Creature
Goblin Instigator (jmp) 327
Goblin King

Other Goblins get +1/+1 and have mountainwalk.

Creature
Goblin King (4ed) 198
Goblin Lackey

Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, you may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Goblin Lackey (usg) 190
Goblin Piledriver

Protection from blue (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, or enchanted by anything blue.) Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +2/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.

Creature
Goblin Piledriver (plst) ORI-151
Goblin Rabblemaster

Other Goblin creatures you control attack each combat if able. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste. Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.

Creature
Goblin Rabblemaster (m15) 145
Goblin Trashmaster

Other Goblins you control get +1/+1. Sacrifice a Goblin: Destroy target artifact.

Creature
Goblin Trashmaster (m19) 144
Goblin Warchief

Goblin spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Goblins you control have haste.

Creature
Goblin Warchief (f16) 5
Grinning Ignus

{R}, Return this creature to its owner's hand: Add {C}{C}{R}. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Grinning Ignus (mma) 118
Hobgoblin Bandit Lord

Other Goblins you control get +1/+1. {R}, {T}: This creature deals damage equal to the number of Goblins that entered the battlefield under your control this turn to any target.

Creature
Hobgoblin Bandit Lord (afr) 379
Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician

Whenever another Goblin you control becomes blocked, sacrifice it. If you do, it deals 4 damage to each creature blocking it. Sacrifice two Mountains: Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Creature
Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician (tsp) 163
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

Haste {T}: Create a token that's a copy of target nonlegendary creature you control, except it has haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (v11) 4
Krenko, Mob Boss

{T}: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.

Creature
Krenko, Mob Boss (ddn) 15
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin

Whenever Krenko attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it, then create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to Krenko's power.

Creature
Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin (war) 137
Legion Warboss

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token gains haste until end of turn and attacks this combat if able.

Creature
Legion Warboss (grn) 109
Mogg War Marshal

Echo {1}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.) When this creature enters or dies, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token.

Creature
Mogg War Marshal (ema) 139
Moria Marauder

Double strike Whenever a Goblin or Orc you control deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Moria Marauder (ltr) 138
Muxus, Goblin Grandee

When Muxus enters, reveal the top six cards of your library. Put all Goblin creature cards with mana value 5 or less from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. Whenever Muxus attacks, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each other Goblin you control.

Creature
Muxus, Goblin Grandee (jmp) 24
Neheb, the Eternal

Afflict 3 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player loses 3 life.) At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, add {R} for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

Creature
Neheb, the Eternal (hou) 104
Norin the Wary

When a player casts a spell or a creature attacks, exile Norin. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Creature
Norin the Wary (tsp) 171
Pashalik Mons

Whenever Pashalik Mons or another Goblin you control dies, Pashalik Mons deals 1 damage to any target. {3}{R}, Sacrifice a Goblin: Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Creature
Pashalik Mons (mh1) 138
Rundvelt Hordemaster

Other Goblins you control get +1/+1. Whenever this creature or another Goblin you control dies, exile the top card of your library. If it's a Goblin creature card, you may cast that card until the end of your next turn.

Creature
Rundvelt Hordemaster (dmu) 142
Sardian Avenger

First strike, trample Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of artifacts your opponents control. Whenever an artifact an opponent controls is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, this creature deals 1 damage to that player.

Creature
Sardian Avenger (brc) 23
Sensation Gorger

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, each player discards their hand, then draws four cards.

Creature
Sensation Gorger (mor) 102
Siege-Gang Commander

When this creature enters, create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. {1}{R}, Sacrifice a Goblin: This creature deals 2 damage to any target.

Creature
Siege-Gang Commander (evg) 32
Siege-Gang Lieutenant

Lieutenant — At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you control your commander, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens. Those tokens gain haste until end of turn. {2}, Sacrifice a Goblin: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.

Creature
Siege-Gang Lieutenant (m3c) 61
Skirk Prospector

Sacrifice a Goblin: Add {R}.

Creature
Skirk Prospector (evg) 51
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

If a red source you control would deal damage to an opponent or a permanent an opponent controls, it deals that much damage plus 2 instead.

Creature
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell (eld) 147
Warren Instigator

Double strike Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, you may put a Goblin creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Creature
Warren Instigator (sld) 157

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Planeswalker

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Chandra, Torch of Defiance

+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent. +1: Add {R}{R}. −3: Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."

Planeswalker
Chandra, Torch of Defiance (ss3) 1

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Enchantment

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City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment
City on Fire (mom) 135
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature you control enters, this enchantment deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (dtk) 140
Shared Animosity

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it.

Enchantment
Shared Animosity (e02) 29

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Sorcery

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Blasphemous Act

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield. Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature.

Sorcery
Blasphemous Act (isd) 130
Dragon Fodder

Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Dragon Fodder (ori) 140
Faithless Looting

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Flashback {2}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Faithless Looting (ddk) 59
Goblin Rally

Create four 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Goblin Rally (rtr) 95
Hordeling Outburst

Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Hordeling Outburst (ktk) 111
Jeska's Will

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add {R} for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

Sorcery
Jeska's Will (cmr) 187
Krenko's Command

Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Krenko's Command (ddt) 53
Mogg Infestation

Destroy all creatures target player controls. For each creature that died this way, that player creates two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Sorcery
Mogg Infestation (sth) 93

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Maybeboard

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Agate Instigator

Offspring {1}{R} (You may pay an additional {1}{R} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.) Whenever another creature you control enters, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Creature
Agate Instigator (blc) 21
Count on Luck

At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Enchantment
Count on Luck (dft) 118
Goblin Negotiation

Goblin Negotiation deals X damage to target creature. Create a number of 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way.

Sorcery
Goblin Negotiation (fdn) 88
Howlsquad Heavy

Start your engines! Other Goblins you control have haste. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token attacks this combat if able. Max speed — {T}: Add {R} for each Goblin you control.

Creature
Howlsquad Heavy (dft) 134
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might

Creature
Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power (lci) 158Ojer Axonil, Deepest Might // Temple of Power (lci) 158
Thrill of Possibility

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card. Draw two cards.

Instant
Thrill of Possibility (thb) 159

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