Card
Goblin Engineer
Mana cost {1}{R}
Creature — Goblin Artificer 1/2
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.
Part of 4 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Special · TSR · #345
- Cheapest printing
- €9.99
- EDHREC salt
- 0.45
- Color identity
- Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — counts toward 2 tutors (Lotus Vault house cap): Counts toward the 2 tutors allowed (Lotus Vault house cap)
- B2 Core — counts toward 2 tutors (Lotus Vault house cap): Counts toward the 2 tutors allowed (Lotus Vault house cap)
- B3 Upgraded — counts toward 4 tutors (Lotus Vault house cap): Counts toward the 4 tutors allowed (Lotus Vault house cap)
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Nonland tutor, two at most in brackets 1–2 and four in bracket 3 (Lotus Vault house cap)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
4 known combos.
- Goblin Engineer + Crime Novelist + Thornbite Staff
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Ashnod the Uncaring + Goblin Engineer + Corridor Monitor + Commander's Sphere
Produces: Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite death triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Goblin Engineer + Crime Novelist + Intruder Alarm
Produces: Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB, Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
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. - 2021-03-19 · Wizards of the Coast
If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast