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Goblin
Lackey
Urza's Saga Uncommon
Reviewed August 10, 2004
Constructed: 4.00
Casual: 3.22
Limited: 1.72
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Chris
Gerhardt
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game store owner in CA,
ShuffleAndCut |
Goblin Lackey is one of the more sought after
Goblins. For is ability, he's an amazing 1
cost creature. Start putting higher costed
Goblins into play as soon a this guy hits.
And it doesn't have to be combat damage (a fact
that Wizards has been much more careful to specify
on recent cards). So slap a pinger, like
Fire Whip, enchantment on Lackey, and you can
throw another Gobby into play each turn. Very
Strong.
Constructed:
4
Casual: 4
Limited: 2
Current Price:
Goblin
Lackey -
Urza's Saga - $9.99
Combos
Well With:
Fire Whip -
Weatherlight - $0.19 |
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Judge
Bill
*Level 2
MTG Judge
*game store employee
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A great card for
any goblin deck. Unfortunately, with all of
the great goblins out there, Wizards had to
ban this card in Extended. So, that leaves
you with type 1 or type 1.5 to play this
card. Still, in either of those formats, if
you're playing sligh, there's a chance
you're playing this card. Really great at
what it does, and a definate recommend for
any goblin deck.
Except for
limited. Unfortunately there, most of the
time, you don't have enough good goblins to
play this card. Not to mention the fact this
guy is a 1/1, and probably won't get through
after the second turn anyway.
Construced: 5
Casual: 5
Limited: 2
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Jeff Zandi
5 Time Pro Tour
Veteran
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Goblin Lackey
This card has been the MVP of Standard AND
Extended Goblin decks in its day. Turn one
Lackey, turn two DOMINANCE by laying a Goblin
for free. The Lackey never had much game in
limited play, but hey, you can’t have
everything.
CONSTRUCTED: 3.5
CASUAL: 3.5
LIMITED: 2.0 |
Ray
"Monk"
Powers
* Level 3 DCI Judge
*DCI Tournament Organizer |
Goblin Lackey
If ever a creature
had a target painted on his forehead, it would
be this guy. He was the powerhouse of so many
decks, basically creating even more tempo for a
deck already full of aggression. There are a lot
of articles on “Who’s the Beatdown” out there,
which talk about when you need to be aggressive,
and when you need to play control. Well, with
this guy in you deck, my suggestion is you go
beatdown when you start shuffling up for game
one.
Constructed:
4
Casual:
3
Limited:
1
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DeQuan
Watson
* game store owner (The Game Closet - Waco,TX) |
Goblin Lackey -
Tuesday
This is one of the best tournament play goblins
of all time. He would get a point or two in and
then he would call some buddies. He's super
scary now with guys like Seige-Gang Commander
floating around. Casual players seem to look
over this guy when building Goblin decks, but
it's probably because they haven't sat across
from Mr. Lackey and watched him do his thing.
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 2
Limited: 1.5 |
Paul
Hagan |
Goblin Lackey --
There is a really good reason this card is
banned in Extended. For those of you who weren't
around for the Reign of Goblin Lackey, consider
this: Siege-Gang Commander on Turn 2, alongside
his three tokens, Goblin Lackey, and Goblin
Piledriver. What does it take to get this
combination into play? Swinging with Goblin
Lackey and paying three mana total.
In limited, Goblin Lackey weakens considerably,
so unless you have managed to get several insane
goblins in your limited card pool, leave the
Lackey sitting on the sidelines.
Casual players should have this card in their
Goblin decks, no questions asked. It makes bad
hands into good hands, and good hands into
game-winning hands.
Constructed Rating: 4.0
Casual Rating: 4.0
Limited Rating: 1.0 |
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Andy
Van Zandt |
Goblin Lackey
I don't like banning 1/1 creatures, it seems a
bad idea, but he's busted with seige gang
commander, and people apparently can't deal with
1/1's. I guess. A staple sligh card, in any
case.
constructed 3
casual 4
limited 1.5 |
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Goblin Lackey
Goblin Lackey
was one of the better Goblins released in
Urzas Saga. This is kind of mana
acceleration, as you get to put another
goblin into play. This card was heavily
abused in Extended Im sure. Anything
thats red that can also search is very
valuable, and what better to pull out of
your deck than goblins? Fun, fun, fun.
No clue of how
well this did in limited. I guess the
fetching ability is pretty useful in
limited, but I don't know how many gobbos
there are in US.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 2
Limited: 3
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w00t |
Goblin Lackey -
Constructed -
Banned
Casual - If your
friends dont mind turn 2 Siege-Gang
Commanders, or Goblin Ringleaders, or
Mistform Ultimus's (okay... i threw that
last one in for fun), than this is a killer.
But its hard to abuse this card without
taking it out of the casual realm.
Limited - Im not
too familiar with this guys set... But I
really can't imagine you drafting any
goblins to make this worthwhile. Someone
with knowledge of the set's interior may
prove me wrong though.
Casual - 1.5
(Just too hard to use in casual without
making it seem evil)
Limited - 1.5
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