Goblin Machinist
~$0.08 low · ~$1.01 high
Red. Creature — Goblin

Onslaught #204 · Illustrated by Doug Chaffee
What is Goblin Machinist worth?
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Oracle text
: Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonland card. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that card's mana value. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
0/5
Format legality
The only printing of Goblin Machinist
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Onslaught ons #204· 2002uncommon· Cardmarket €0.09 · €0.78 foil | uncommon | $0.08 | $1.01 | €0.09€0.78 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2002
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #30,125 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Doug Chaffee
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Onslaught card (#204).
204
- 204Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Goblin Machinist, read from the Onslaught printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Goblin Machinist. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
Mana value 5: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Goblin is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Power / toughness
- 0/5: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Doug Chaffee. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Onslaught. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 204 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Doug Chaffee, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (1)
2004-10-04
If all the cards in your library are lands, X is zero.
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