Goblin Welder
Secret Lair Drop 1617 • rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Collector number
- 1617
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Zoltan Boros & Scott Okumura
- Market price
- $22.36
What it does
tap: Choose target artifact a player controls and target artifact card in that player's graveyard. If both targets are still legal as this ability resolves, that player simultaneously sacrifices the artifact and returns the artifact card to the battlefield.
Brash_Taunter: that ride is a BEAST! Thrun_TheLastTroll: looks like an old ashtray tbh
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Goblin Welder was originally released in the 1998 Urza's Saga set, designed to capitalize on the expansion's heavy focus on artifact-based mechanics. As a low-cost creature that allows players to swap artifacts between the battlefield and the graveyard, it became a cornerstone of Legacy and Vintage formats, prized for its ability to cheat high-cost utility artifacts into play early in the game.
This specific iteration, Collector Number 1617, was released as part of a Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair drop. The art was reimagined by artist Thomas Baxa, who moved away from the traditional, grittier depiction of the creature to offer a more stylized, contemporary aesthetic that maintains the character's signature mechanical focus. The Secret Lair series is known for its limited-window availability and distinct artistic themes, designed specifically for players who value unique visual representations of classic, high-utility game cards.
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