Goblin Tinkerer
Mana cost {1}{R}. Power/toughness 1/2.
{R}, {T}: Destroy target artifact. That artifact deals damage equal to its mana value to this creature.
Goblin Tinkerer is a red card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Mirage printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€0.38) · TCGplayer ($0.3) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €0.10 and €0.84 in that time.
How often Goblin Tinkerer is played
Goblin Tinkerer is maindecked in 4 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (3%), averaging 1.0 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 Tinkerer
- Goblins: {R}, tap: destroy target artifact, which deals damage equal to its mana value to the Tinkerer. As a 1/2 it survives killing Phyrexian Dreadnought, Black Vise or Cursed Scroll and dies killing anything that costs two or more, such as Powder Keg, Sphere of Resistance or Tangle Wire. It is in about 85 percent of main decks.
Tournament decks with Goblin Tinkerer
- Rakdos Goblins: 1st Place at Side Event - Czech Nationals (1× mainboard)
- Goblins: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern Online (1× mainboard)
- RW Goblins: 2nd Place at Fight Club #1 @ Barcelona (1× mainboard)
- RG Goblins: 1st Place at Croatian Premodern Nationals 2026 (1× mainboard)
