Goblin Cruciverbalist
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SetUNF
Collector #396
Released2022-10-07
Rarityrare
ArtistMike Burns
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Goblin Cruciverbalist

RareColour IDMV 3
Creature — Goblin Wizard Guest
Haste
When this creature enters, create a colorless artifact token named your choice of A, E, I, O, or U.
Whenever this creature attacks, using the first letters of the names of permanents you control, spell a word you haven't spelled this game. It gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each letter in that word.
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Keywords
Haste
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
1 other English printingEarliest 2022-10-07Newest 2022-10-07Cheapest priced $0.17 in UNF
Rulings (6)
wotc7 Oct 2022
The token will have one of five names: A, E, I, O, or U. It won’t be named “your choice of A, E, I, O, or U.”
wotc7 Oct 2022
You may consult a dictionary if not all players agree that you have chosen a cromulent word.
wotc7 Oct 2022
“Haven’t spelled this game” means for any game reason, including previous Goblin Cruciverbalists you controlled but not including words you just spelled for fun, like . . . um, people do. Keep track of the words you spell if you expect remembering them to be challenging.
wotc7 Oct 2022
The token doesn’t have any abilities and doesn’t usually do much except give you a vowel to work with when spelling words.
wotc7 Oct 2022
When determining the first letter of a name, ignore all spaces and punctuation, including blank lines.
wotc7 Oct 2022
Each time you spell a word, you can use the first letter of each permanent you control only once in that word. For example, if you control three permanents starting with A, B, and N, you can spell out the words “Ban” or “Nab,” but you can’t spell out “Banana” unless you gain control of two more A’s and another N.