RedLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Goblin ArtificerSlobad, Iron Goblin
Mana value3Rank#11,066
The Commander
, Sacrifice an artifact: Add an amount of equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Guide
Gameplan
Slobad turns your artifacts into red ramp by sacrificing them for mana equal to their mana value, fueling a chain of bigger artifacts and recursion. You build a board of cheap artifacts, sacrifice the expendable ones to ritual out powerful payoffs, and grind value through recursion engines until you assemble a combo or overwhelm with artifact-driven threats. Turn to turn you're deploying mana rocks and treasure-makers, then cashing them in for explosive artifact turns.
Strengths
- Acts as an artifact-focused ramp engine, effectively doubling mana into artifact spells
- Synergizes brilliantly with sacrifice payoffs, treasure tokens, and free/recurring artifacts
- Cheap to cast at three mana and immediately impactful
- Enables explosive single-turn artifact dumps and combo setups
Weaknesses
- Mana is restricted to artifacts only, so it can't fix or accelerate noncreature spells broadly
- Sacrificing artifacts can leave you card-disadvantaged without recursion
- Mono-red lacks reliable card draw and removal compared to other colors
- Vulnerable to artifact wipes (Vandalblast, Bane of Progress) that gut the whole strategy
- Requires the artifact to enter before being sacrificed, creating tempo lulls
Key Cards
- Krark-Clan Ironworks — Redundant Slobad effect that turns sacrificed artifacts into colorless mana for explosive turns and combos.
- Goblin Engineer — Tutors artifacts to the battlefield and graveyard, feeding Slobad's sacrifice loops.
- Daretti, Scrap Savant — Loots and reanimates artifacts, recurring everything you feed to Slobad.
- Myr Retriever — Recurs artifacts from the graveyard, forming value loops with cheap sacrifice fodder.
- Scrap Trawler — Cascading recursion engine that returns cheaper artifacts as you sacrifice bigger ones.
- Wurmcoil Engine — A premium payoff to ramp into and a resilient body that leaves tokens when sacrificed.
Upgrade Path
Add fast mana (Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Mox Opal) and free artifacts to chain sacrifices, then install a Krark-Clan Ironworks + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler engine with Disciple of the Vault or Marionette Master as the kill. Improve consistency with tutors like Goblin Engineer, Reshape, and Gamble, and protect your engine with Defense Grid or Pyroblast effects. Finally, tune your fodder toward zero-cost artifacts and treasure generators so Slobad and KCI loops stay live.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Krark-Clan Ironworks combo loops generating infinite mana into a damage outlet like Goblin Welder or Marionette Master
- ▸Disciple of the Vault / Marionette Master draining life as you sacrifice artifacts
- ▸Ramping into and beating down with large artifact creatures like Wurmcoil Engine or Triplicate Titan
- ▸Walking Ballista or Aetherflux Reservoir as combo payoff finishers
Archetypes
- Artifact Ramp — Slobad converts mana rocks and treasures into surplus mana to deploy huge artifacts ahead of curve.
- Aristocrats/Sacrifice — His sacrifice ability pairs with payoffs like Marionette Master and Disciple of the Vault for incidental damage.
- Combo — With Krark-Clan Ironworks, Myr Retriever, and free artifacts he enables infinite mana and sacrifice loops.
- Eggs/Value Engine — Cheap cantrip artifacts and recursion let you grind card advantage through repeated sacrifice.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
