Core Synergy
Boggart Cursecrafter
Death-trigger engine
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- Role
- Death Payoff
- Set
- ECL
Commander IntelligenceMarket trends
The Great Goblin
Coverage4 out of 5Based on strategy, synergy, version, and market-intelligence coverage.Support cards12 cards
The Great Goblin is an Early Watch commander, not a confirmed market signal. The useful player read is that early lists are clustering around Goblin sacrifice, creature deaths, and counter-sensitive support.
- Color identity
- B / R
- Deck role
- creature-death-triggers
- Game plan
- Build a board of Goblins, Orcs, or Armies before spending sacrifice outlets.
Market Summary
The Great Goblin market checks
Supply pressureMarket status12Cards monitored8Active signals5Supply pressure6Higher confidenceSep 29, 2026Last market update
Supply pressure: Skirk Prospector is the first card to verify because Skirk Prospector: demand may be rising in the latest market signal row.
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Market Watch
Skirk Prospector
Goblin sacrifice mana
Skirk Prospector: demand may be rising in the latest market signal row.
- NeoPrice
- $2.26
- Inventory
- 38 copies
Recent Intelligence
My Precious Keeps Selling — Price Is Still Falling
My Precious is still changing hands often, but the regular card is getting cheaper instead of tighter.
- Updated
- Sep 7, 2026
Commander Overview
How This Commander Plays
The Great Goblin is an Early Watch Rakdos commander from The Hobbit preview season. EDHREC submissions point to Goblin sacrifice, creature deaths, counter support, and provisional Orc or Army material, but the deck is not mature enough for confirmed demand or broad taxonomy publication.
Core Game Plan
- Build a board of Goblins, Orcs, or Armies before spending sacrifice outlets.
- Use creature deaths to keep card access available for later turns.
- Use creature-death-triggers and sacrifice-outlets as primary reviewed Mechanics, with plus-one-plus-one-counters as supporting.
- Keep Orc, Army, amass, Down, Down to Goblin-town, and Gollum the Abandoned as reviewed preview evidence until actual deck inclusion appears.
- Verify whether the same support cards remain after more Hobbit previews arrive.
Key Mechanics
creature-death-triggerssacrifice-outletsplus-one-plus-one-countersraw: provisional Orc and Army labelsraw: amass on reviewed preview cardsraw: amass Goblins and noncreature-spell casting on Bothersome Noisemaker
Build Paths
Use Goblin bodies, sacrifice outlets, and death payoffs to keep cards flowing.
This is the strongest first check because several early support cards are already established Goblin pieces.Review Orc and Army cards that can grow or leave bodies behind.
Keep this provisional; do not publish Orcs or Army routes from a 92-deck sample.No combo package is verified. Murderous Redcap and Putrid Goblin are watchlist cards only until exact lists and rules evidence repeat.
Research
Referenced in Research
NeoCardAlpha research that explicitly uses The Great Goblin as a commander, card, exact print, set, or supporting market check.
Commander ranking
The Hobbit MTG Commander Rankings & Market Forecast
The Great Goblin looks better when treated as a sacrifice and counter-sensitive engine instead of just another Goblin commander.
Recent Intelligence
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- Reports
- 11 reports
- First referenced
- Latest mention
Confirmed market signal
My Precious is still changing hands often, but the regular card is getting cheaper instead of tighter. TCGplayer shows 2,553 sales in its three-month snapshot while the regular price tracker is down about 14.7% over seven days and Cardmarket still has more than two thousand base copies.
This commander was named in the trend.
Marketplace disagreement
Knucklebone Witch is trading around $18 on TCGplayer, while CardTrader still exposes a much deeper pool starting far lower. The Great Goblin gives the card a real demand reason, but the marketplaces disagree too much to call this one settled price.
This commander was named in the trend.
Marketplace disagreement
Bolg's Company is becoming a real Great Goblin support card, but TCGplayer currently gives it two different price stories. Its tap-and-sacrifice mana ability is useful in Rakdos Goblins, though it is slower than Skirk Prospector because it must tap and cannot sacrifice itself.
This commander was named in the trend.
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12cards monitored8active signals5supply checks
Demand may be risingEVGSkirk ProspectorWhy players care: Goblin sacrifice manaMarket read: Skirk Prospector: demand may be rising in the latest market signal row.NeoPrice$2.26Inventory38 copiesPrice confidenceModerate Confidence
Growing InventoryLCCMetallic MimicWhy players care: Counter supportMarket read: Metallic Mimic: growing inventory over the 14d window (+143%).NeoPrice$3.88Inventory378 copiesPrice confidenceModerate Confidence
Supply is getting thinFDNKrenko, Mob BossWhy players care: Goblin body engineMarket read: Krenko, Mob Boss: supply is getting thin over the 30d window (-56%).NeoPrice$4.39Inventory157 copiesPrice confidenceModerate Confidence
Rising PriceMH2Goblin BombardmentWhy players care: Sacrifice outletMarket read: Goblin Bombardment: rising price over the 14d window (+23%).NeoPrice$5.43Inventory231 copiesPrice confidenceHigh ConfidenceCards To Watch
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