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Creature — Goblin Shaman
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Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, this creature deals 2 damage to each opponent.
2/2
Why is this card good?
Guttersnipe is a payoff piece for spellslinger decks that turns your normal gameplan of casting cheap instants and sorceries into incremental damage against the whole table.
The math adds up fast: in a typical pod of three opponents, every spell you cast deals 6 total damage. Chain a few cantrips, copy spells, or storm off and you can close games out of nowhere. It shines under commanders like Krenko-adjacent goblin builds, but more naturally in Mizzix, Veyran (which doubles the trigger off magecraft), Niv-Mizzet, or any izzet "cast lots of spells" shell.
Best in decks with a high density of cheap, repeatable spells — burn, draw, and copy effects. The damage doesn't care about blockers, so it punishes the whole table at once.
Don't play it if your deck isn't spell-dense, or if you're relying on it as your only wincon — it's fragile at 3 toughness and dies to every wrath and removal spell. Treat it as a redundant accelerant, not a centerpiece.
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