How can I hold all these goblins!?!

Modern Xinofos

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Cleanup —March 27, 2018

Just tweaking the deck, and clearing the comments. :)

kengiczar says... #1

So Blood Moon is great but either Night of Souls' Betrayal or Illness in the Ranks puts a serious hurt on this deck.

Have you considered Ancient Grudge as well as some Stomping Ground + Wooded Foothills ?

August 26, 2015 9:23 p.m.

kengiczar says... #2

One other thing, I would be QUITE surprised if my opponent plays this deck and game one I win due to blockers and Supreme Verdict and game two all I side in is Illness in the Ranks and you side in Molten Vortex.

August 26, 2015 9:27 p.m.

Xinofos says... #3

kengiczar are you saying I should replace Blood Moon? That's just crazy! Moon wins so so so many games! It is the best sideboard card for mono-red, and could even be playable in the mainboard if the meta was a little different. I mean, look at your land base for Draw Go Tatsumasa. Of the 24 lands you have, 18 will be affected by moon, and if moon gets through it will be difficult for you to stop me.

And although Night of Souls' Betrayal does hurt (Illness in the Ranks not so much, as Krenko's Command is usually sided out), I'm still more scared of Damnation, Drown in Sorrow and other wipers. There really isn't much I can do about that though, just have to push hard enough to burn the opponent to death (It's the deck's biggest weakness).

Having said all that, the lands you suggested might be good for deck thinning, and if I do that, Ancient Grudge or Naturalize could come in if favour of something like Shattering Spree or Dragon's Claw.

(BTW: Draw Go Tatsumasa is a nice deck, just needs more Batterskull. ;P )

September 15, 2015 10:31 p.m.

JGray says... #4

The deck is good and the name is better. I like it!

September 16, 2015 11:53 p.m.

Tormod's Crypt is a 0 mana cost spell that does trigger Reckless Bushwhacker's surge. Other than that looks good. I love the Blood Moon/Goblin King in the sideboard. Don't get talked out of that. Total flavor.

November 28, 2016 10:21 p.m.

Xinofos says... #6

Tormod's Crypt is in. And yeah, "blood king" isn't going anywere anytime soon. :)

November 29, 2016 6:36 p.m.

Very cool deck! I dig this.

November 30, 2016 5:54 p.m.

Supahpikmin says... #8

I found a bunch of cards that might interest you:

Frenzied Goblin has obvious uses, and is a great counter to slower decks, Goblin Heelcutter stops blockers, but also can trigger/retrigger Foundry Street Denizen and Reckless Bushwhacker, Goblin Rabblemaster is good for increasing the size and speed of your army, Goblin Wardriver for damage, Pyrewild Shaman or Skinbrand Goblin to boost existing goblins or play regularly, Tuktuk the Explorer alongside Goblin Grenade for a nice 4 mana combo, Warren Instigator for speed, Zada, Hedron Grinder + Goblin Grenade= death storm, and Coat of Arms, which is slow for this deck, but can give each goblin a major boost.

Sorry that the list is a little long, but I hope it helps! <3

December 11, 2016 8:55 p.m.

Xinofos says... #9

Frenzied Goblin and Goblin Heelcutterlooks interesting, might test it.

Tuktuk the Explorer, Warren Instigator, Coat of Arms are all simply to slow. Goblin Wardriver is in the same boat, I had it in for a while, but replaced it.

Pyrewild Shaman, Skinbrand Goblin aren't good in this deck, though they do combo well with Zada, Hedron Grinder, but that would be a different deck to this one (fyi: Zada, Hedron Grinder + Goblin Grenade doesn't work. Sacrifice doesn't target, nor would it copy grenade).

And I am not a fan of Goblin Rabblemaster, as he always forces me to attack, evem when it's not advisable.

December 11, 2016 11:13 p.m.

ovelio says... #10

you could get some Reverberate to get the most of your granades.... Brimstone Volley could help you as well.

December 15, 2016 10:17 p.m.

Felixlives says... #11

reverberate is a bad card choice for this deck with a woppin 8 cards it could possibly copy. usually a goblin grenade is the nail in the coffin in a deck like this as is. as I find in my 8whack deck usually they are close enough to dead by the time that I use a grenade that I either win there or following turn.

December 16, 2016 6:26 p.m.

Xinofos says... #12

Felixlives is right. I did have it when the deck was more casual, but not anymore. And Brimstone Volley has too high of a mana cost. Thanks for the suggestion though. :)

December 16, 2016 8:20 p.m.

Fartface31 says... #13

Do you maybe want another Piledriver for a Mogg Fanatic? 2 seems a little low. Maybe an extra in the SB?

December 26, 2016 10:42 a.m.

Xinofos says... #14

Yeah, I want a third driver. So:

-1 Chieftain (never needed 4)

-1 Fanatic

+1 Piledriver

+1 Frenzy goblin (Not sure on the ratio, so testing at 1 atm)

January 22, 2017 7:49 p.m.

Xinofos says... #15

Also, a tweak in the side. :)

January 22, 2017 7:51 p.m.

That's a pretty cool combo in the sb

Blood Moon makes all nonbasics mountains, and Goblin King utilises that to give all of your things unblockable, essentially

March 12, 2017 10:49 p.m.

Krenko, Mob Boss ftw, bunches of goblin tokens.

March 12, 2017 11:29 p.m.

also, in addition to your bolts, have stuff like Shock. and also, if you put in Zada, Hedron Grinder, put in Brute Strength. all your creatures get +3/+1 and trample if you have Zada out. Its slower than the other creatures by far, but its a massive finisher. I dont think anyone can survive having a bunch of little goblins suddenly getting very big and tramplering .

March 12, 2017 11:33 p.m.

Xinofos says... #19

euananddalesaccount: I thought so. :)

emrakulinsmugglers: Krenko, Mob Boss was in a old build, but it was too slow. I do want to play around with Zada, Hedron Grinder, but not in this deck. The goal is to do as much damage as I can, as fast as I can, and any Zada is just too slow. Shock is simply not as strong and there isn't anything I want to drop for it. Sudden Shock was a different story before the last banning, but even then that was SB tech vs infect (which I can outrace anyway). I thank you for the suggestions though. :)

March 13, 2017 5:31 a.m.

Xinofos says... #21

Sorry for the late replay KaraZorEl, but most of the cards are either too slow, or in Distant Melody case, wrong colour. Leyline might be an interesting SB tech later on though, so I'll note that. :)

August 4, 2017 9:40 a.m.