Goblin Lackey
Mana cost {R}. Power/toughness 1/1.
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, you may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Goblin Lackey is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Saga printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€19.84) · TCGplayer ($23.95) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €19.73 and €26.90 in that time.
How often Goblin Lackey is played
Goblin Lackey is maindecked in 4 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 4.0 copies; used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 66 decks that can cast red cards, 4 of them play it (6%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Goblin Lackey
- Goblins: A one-mana 1/1 without haste. Whenever it deals damage to a player, you may put a Goblin permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield, so a turn-one Lackey that connects on turn two puts Piledriver, Siege-Gang Commander or Ringleader into play for free. With Warchief out it attacks the turn you cast it.
Tournament decks with Goblin Lackey
- Rakdos Goblins: 1st Place at Side Event - Czech Nationals (4× mainboard)
- Goblins: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern Online (4× mainboard)
- RW Goblins: 2nd Place at Fight Club #1 @ Barcelona (4× mainboard)
- RG Goblins: 1st Place at Croatian Premodern Nationals 2026 (4× mainboard)
