Goblin War Drums

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Goblin War Drums: Enchantment, Masters 25. Creatures you control have menace. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment
Colour identity
Red (R)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Masters 25 (A25)
Released
2018-03-16
Collector number
133
Artist
Wayne Reynolds
Commander rank
4,848 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Goblin War Drums

Goblin War Drums is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red enchantment from Masters 25 (A25), a Masters set released in March 2018. It is collector number 133 in that set, with art by Wayne Reynolds. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Fallen Empires (1994) to Masters 25 (2018). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.01 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Their eardrums may have given out, but the rest of them never will.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.01 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Goblin War Drums by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
PremodernLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Goblin War Drums

Goblin War Drums has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Seventh Edition (7ED) #194Uncommon2001
Seventh Edition (7ED) #194★Uncommon2001
Fifth Edition (5ED) #237Common1997
Fallen Empires (FEM) #58aCommon1994
Fallen Empires (FEM) #58bCommon1994
Fallen Empires (FEM) #58cCommon1994
Fallen Empires (FEM) #58dCommon1994

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Goblin War Drums, newest first.

  • Multiple War Drums are not cumulative. They are redundant.
  • When combined with an effect that reads "Each creature you control can't be blocked by more than one creature," none of your creatures can be blocked.

Similar cards

Other enchantment cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

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