Conduit Goblin
~$0.10 low · ~$0.23 high
Multicolor. Creature — Goblin Warrior
Modern Horizons 3 #179 · Illustrated by Bruno Biazotto
Modern Horizons 3 #179 · Illustrated by Bruno BiazottoWhat is Conduit Goblin worth?
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Oracle text
When this creature enters, you get 
(two energy counters).
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay . If you do, another target creature you control gets +1/+0 and gains haste until end of turn.
2/2
Warned against wearing metal in a lightning storm, Smurt took it as a challenge.
Format legality
The only printing of Conduit Goblin
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Modern Horizons 3 mh3 #179· 2024common· Cardmarket €0.06 · €0.14 foil | common | $0.10 | $0.23 | €0.06€0.14 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #20,007 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Bruno Biazotto
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Modern Horizons 3 card (#179).
0179 · MH3 · C · EN
- 0179Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- MH3Set code for Modern Horizons 3
- CCommon
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (9)
2024-06-07
Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
2024-06-07
Some spells and abilities that give you
may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any .2024-06-07
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
2024-06-07
If an effect says you get one or more
, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more , you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.2024-06-07
Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.2024-06-07
Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of
. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of as the ability resolves.2024-06-07
Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
2024-06-07
is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.2024-06-07
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of
, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any even if you want to.
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