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Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier
When Grishnákh enters, amass Orcs 2. When you do, until end of turn, gain control of target nonlegendary creature an opponent controls with power less than or equal to the amassed Army's power. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
“Steal creatures with your growing goblin army—and amass your way to victory.”
Grishnákh is a red goblin that turns your army tokens into a theft engine. Every time he enters the battlefield, you amass Orcs 2 (building up a single creature token with +1/+1 counters), then steal a creature from an opponent that's weaker than your army. The stolen creature untaps and gets haste, so you can swing for immediate damage or use activated abilities right away. Your gameplan revolves around recurring Grishnákh or other amass triggers, growing your army bigger each time, and stealing increasingly powerful creatures as your army scales. Since you're in mono-red, you'll want plenty of blink effects and reanimation outlets to abuse his enter trigger multiple times per turn.
You win by stealing your opponents' best creatures and beating them down with their own threats, while your amassed army grows into a respectable threat itself. Think of it as a theft-focused strategy where the army is your scaling resource—the bigger it gets, the bigger creatures you can permanently borrow. Red's access to hasty token generators, flicker effects like Ephemerate and Soulherder, and creature-reanimation spells make this engine sing. The deck naturally leans toward tempo: steal a blocker, swing, then do it again next turn.
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Skip expensive flickers like Ephemerate; use free/cheap red alternatives like Ephemerate's cousins Soulherder (if budget allows), or lean on Cloudshift and Acrobatic Maneuver. Budget Orc lords like Impact Tremors and Goblin Bombardment replace pricey aristocrat payoffs.
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