Every turn a Goblin Piledriver sits on the battlefield without attacking is another turn for our opponent to draw a removal spell. As a result, when we have a Goblin Piledriver on the battlefield we want to prioritize getting in damage above all else. That said, it does have one big problem: it dies to everything from Wild Slash to Ultimate Price to Surge of Righteousness to Kolaghan's Command. The combination of ample Goblin tokens and cards like Subterrenian Hanger and Goblin Heelcutter to force through damage makes it an incredibly fast clock, often hitting for 11 damage on turn four. Goblin Piledriver is the reason to play this deck. As a result, I've gotten in the habit of siding it out in game two if we win game one in most matchups. On the other hand, when we play it turn one on the draw it often ends up getting stonewalled by a Jace, Vryn's Prodigy or Hangarback Walker and does nothing for the entire game. When we play it turn one on the play, it is amazing because we almost always get in an attack and make it renown, at which point it can swing past all our opponents two drops thanks to menace. Goblin Glory Chaser itself is a really high variance card. One thing that would make Goblins even better would be another playable one drop, and while I wanted to make sure everything was a Goblin for the sake of Goblin Piledriver, it might be correct to consider something like Zurgo Bellstriker or Monastery Swiftspear just to have even more aggressive starts.

It gives us an amount of reach that most aggro decks in the format are missing. Since we almost always have a random token around to sacrifice, the card is just crazy in our deck. Plus, we are the only deck is Standard that gets to play four main deck copies of Lightning Bolt in Collateral Damage. The combination of Goblin Piledriver, a bunch of Goblins tokens, and Subterranean Scout or Goblin Heelcutter is deadly for our opponents. If you want to provide feedback on Brewer's Corner lists, you can use the feedback form found in the changelog channel on our Discord server and linked below.After playing a bunch of matches with this deck, I have to say that I'm very impressed with how often it closes out the game on turn four or turn five. We'll look into how well the decks are maintained and perform, and how frequently they're played after the initial hype. We will still have general power level guidelines (for example, it will be hard to admit Isamaru despite how optimized a list might be), but they are less strict than our guidelines for older commanders.Įach review cycle, the managers and the reviewers revisit the entries in the Brewer's Corner. In terms of deck evaluation, we will mostly be concerned with optimizing the commander, rather than comparing them to existing entries.

New entries that do not fit under any of the existing ones will go into the Brewer's Corner. The Brewer's Corner is a solution for many of these concerns. While we'd like to see these new commanders represented, many lists aren't maintained after the initial hype period. EDH is increasing in popularity and a lot of people want to play with new commanders.

Mtg goldfish standard golgari elfball