Alpha strike ahoy! Usually pumping the whole
team for an assault requires at least three mana.
More if it comes courtesy of a creature, like
Flame-Kin Zealot or the like. But with this
little guy, a 2/1 with haste plus an extra +1/+0
to your existing team is only RR away! And it's
a Goblin, member of a tribe that loves this
tactic already anyway!
You really have to watch out for the one-mana
1/1 goblins: I can only remember a few down the
years who weren't a lot stronger than they
looked. This card is already famous for teaming
up with Kor Skyfisher and acting as almost a
red-white Overrun. And that's before you even
consider the tribal interactions: Heedless One
and Goblin Matron are just the beginning. This
card will go a long, long way.
Magic The Gathering
Card of The Day: Goblin Bushwacker
Welcome back
readers today’s card of the day is number eight
as we countdown the top ten cards of 2009, and
what an interesting year it has been, the birth
of new archetypes as well as the reinforcement
of traditional deck archetypes. Goblin
Bushwacker is a powerful agro card that has
helped spawned its own successful deck, Boros
Bushwacker, a white/ red deck that utilizes
plated geopede’s landfall ability and Steppe
Lynx with fetchlands and some of the best burn
and creatures the format of standard has to
offer. As an aggressive creature you can drop
one mana for a 1/1 or utilize the kicker cost to
give all creatures you control haste and +1/+0
until end of turn effectively putting your
opponent on a fast clock, the synergy of the
deck as well as the powerful tools such as
lightning bolt and path to exile make it a
powerful deck in standard with Goblin Bushwacker
as a invaluable piece.
In
extended Zoo style decks are the more creature
oriented the plethora of fetchlands in those
decks could see Bushwacker and its companions
find a home, but as of now it is unlikely as
there are a large variety of threats available
in extended for anyone to think of running this
card outside of a possible goblin themed deck.
In casual and multiplayer this card is great as
it allows you to drop a bunch of cheap threats
and top it off with Bushwacker and swing big on
a single player or spread the damage around.
Goblins are a popular tribe and this card is a
worthy addition to the tribe. In limited a good
mid game pick if your heavy in creatures red is
a good color for Zendikar. Overall a powerful
card that helps fuel its own archetype and why
it earns its spot on the list by assisting agro
decks.
Today is number eight on the countdown with
Goblin Bushwhacker which is a 1/1 goblin for one
or a 1/1 goblin with both Burst of Speed and
Scare Tactics for two mana making it quite an
efficient play. To get maximum use out of
this card some other engine to get more
creatures into play the same turn is heavily
recommended.
For Constructed, Casual, and Multiplayer this
one card serves three purposes for just two mana
and should not be overlooked in any Red swarm
designs. An easy combination with Warren
Instigator or Siege-Gang Commander, but fits in
well with just about any goblin or warrior
build.
With Limited a 1/1 for one is generally a good
choice, but tack on two added abilities for just
one more mana as an option in the same card and
you have a very high pick. As a common it
is quite possible to have several of these in
the same deck and they support themselves and
other creatures quite well. In Sealed if
you are running enough Red mana to reliably
activate the Kicker this is an automatic
inclusion in any build while in Booster it
should be drafted quite early for a common and
in high numbers.
