Goblin Plate Mail

Goblin Plate Mail

Comments
{1}{B/R} · Artifact — Equipment
Common · The Hobbit · Art by Miklós Ligeti
When this Equipment enters, amass Goblins 1, then attach this Equipment to the amassed Army. (To amass Goblins 1, put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Goblin. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token first.) Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. Equip {4}
Predicted power
Standard 31 Eng.D-Usr.

It supplies a 2/1 menace and an artifact for two mana, but the equip {4} fallback is poor and no established top deck wants this rate.

Best home Rakdos artifact-sacrifice shellBand fringeConfidence 54%

Could be wrong if Additional revealed amass or artifact-sacrifice payoffs could make its two permanent types and Army token materially more valuable.

Pioneer 21 Eng.FUsr.

A 2/1 menace artifact is far below Pioneer’s normal standalone rate; unlike Unlicensed Hearse, it offers neither disruption nor scalable utility.

Band speculativeConfidence 69%

Could be wrong if A resilient artifact-sacrifice or Goblin shell could value the attached Equipment and token more than expected.

Modern 17 Eng.FUsr.

Modern artifact decks need cheaper setup or immediate payoff. This is much less efficient than the format’s one-mana artifacts and provides no card advantage.

Band speculativeConfidence 76%

Could be wrong if An artifact-count deck may find the body-plus-artifact package useful if its support density changes substantially.

Legacy 11 Eng.FUsr.

Two mana for a fragile 2/1 menace with equip {4} is not remotely efficient enough for Legacy’s established engines and interaction.

Band unplayableConfidence 81%

Could be wrong if A future dedicated Army or Goblin combo payoff could create a niche absent from the supplied context.

Pauper 39 Eng.DUsr.

Its artifact type and 2/1 menace floor invite testing in Affinity, but it lacks the card flow of Ichor Wellspring or the efficiency of stronger cheap artifacts.

Best home Grixis AffinityBand fringeConfidence 64%

Could be wrong if If artifact-count and sacrifice incentives prove especially dense, the body may be a better payoff than its baseline suggests.

Commander 36 Eng.DUsr.

It is a cheap Army maker that leaves an Equipment behind, but a single 2/1 and a four-mana equip are low-impact in optimized multiplayer.

Best home Amass token decksBand fringeConfidence 52%

Could be wrong if Commander access to a strong amass, Goblin, or artifact-sacrifice payoff could turn it into a more reliable synergy piece.

Limited 59 Eng.C+Usr.

It normally makes a 2/1 menace for two mana, a solid evasive early body; later amass can improve an Army, though equip {4} is inefficient.

Best home Black-red aggressive decksBand solidConfidence 43%

Could be wrong if Unknown removal, speed, and the actual density of amass/token payoffs could shift it between filler and premium territory.

Token-making Equipment

“A two-mana 2/1 menace in practice, with weak constructed rate but a serviceable Limited body and narrow artifact/token synergies.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

Comments 0

Loading comments…