MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #458

Goblin Engineer

DIGITAL ONLY

j21·#458·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Jehan Choo

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Aug '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,160 · Common include

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Goblin Artificer

When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, put it into your graveyard, then shuffle. {R}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Return target artifact card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

1/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2021-03-19wotc

Because targets are chosen for activated abilities before costs (such as "Sacrifice an artifact") are paid, Goblin Engineer's second ability can't target the artifact that will be sacrificed to pay its cost.

2021-03-19wotc

If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J21 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #458 of *Jumpstart: Historic Horizons*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2021 Jumpstart: Historic Horizons release.

Card type: Creature — Goblin Artificer, color identity red, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{R} (2 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #1,160 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jehan Choo. Rarix catalogs 153 other cards credited to this artist.