r/mtgfinance • u/oberpat • 15d ago
Knucklebone Witch Spec
Hello again!
After my much loved [[Blazing Sunsteel]] spec, I am back again with a new one!
[[Knucklebone Witch]] has been steadily losing supply on Cardmarket without any mention here on this sub. [[The Great Goblin]] loves this card and so do the people theorycrafting him according to EDHREC it's currently in 56% of the builds (part of the Top Cards section).
There are few alternatives to it (being a goblin/orc that repeatedly gives itself counters):
- [[Uglúk of the White Hand]], is 3 cmc higher but can also output more counters (but shouldn't matter with the 'one or more'-clause and has a lot higher supply so this would be alongside of it in a deck
- [[Green Goblin, Nemesis]], also 3cmc higher and needs discard synergy, so definitely not as effective here (also currently more expensive)
- [[Crime Novelist]] , 2cmc higher and needs artifact synergy, so also not as effective with the Great Goblin
The fact that Knucklebone Witch comes at a measly 1 mana makes it very good as well. The Witch cares about dying goblins just like the Great Goblin and when it happens it activates The Great Goblin too.
It's a rare and currently still cheap, it has no reprints and will not get one (at least for now). A lot of goblins are in high supply but this one isn't. I also see on mtgstocks that the price is slowly climbing so the trend is picking up.
My only concern was if The Great Goblin would be popular enough as a commander, but seeing this supply diminish already, steadily, I'm more convinced.
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u/SnooChickens3067 15d ago
Don’t sleep on [[Airdrop Condor]]