Broadside Bombardiers is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Menace, haste Boast — Sacrifice another creature or artifact: This creature deals damage equal to 2 plus the sacrificed permanent's mana value to any target. (Activate only if this creature attacked this turn and only once each turn.)
Complete guide
Broadside Bombardiers is a high-impact Goblin Pirate that brings explosive utility to the combat phase. With the Boast keyword, it allows you to turn your other permanents into lethal projectiles, making every attack a potential game-ender.
What it Does
Broadside Bombardiers features Menace and Haste, ensuring it can attack immediately and is difficult to block. Its core mechanic is Boast, an activated ability that costs the sacrifice of another creature or artifact to deal damage to any target. The damage is calculated as 2 plus the mana value of the sacrificed permanent, rewarding you for tossing larger items into the fray.
How it Resolves Step by Step
First, you must declare Broadside Bombardiers as an attacker during your Declare Attackers step. Once declared, the Boast ability becomes available for the rest of the turn. When you activate the ability, you choose a target and pay the cost by sacrificing another creature or artifact. Upon resolution, the game checks the mana value the sacrificed permanent had on the battlefield. The Bombardiers then deal damage equal to that value plus 2 to the chosen target.
Common Mistakes
A common misconception is when you can use Boast; you don't have to use it during the attack. You can activate it during the postcombat main phase or even the end step, as long as the creature was declared as an attacker earlier that turn. However, if Broadside Bombardiers enters the battlefield already attacking (via an effect), it was never 'declared' as an attacker, and you cannot activate Boast. Also, remember that Boast is an activated ability, not a triggered one, and can only be used once per turn regardless of how many combat phases you have.
When to Play It
This card is best used in decks with 'leaves the battlefield' triggers or recursive artifacts. Because the sacrifice is a cost, it is an excellent way to ensure your own permanents reach the graveyard while bypassing potential exile effects from your opponent, all while clearing blockers or finishing off an opponent's life total.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumAfter attacking with Broadside Bombardiers, you activate its Boast ability by sacrificing Solemn Simulacrum. Since the Golem has a mana value of 4, the Bombardiers deal 6 damage (4 + 2) to any target. Additionally, the Golem's own ability triggers when it dies, allowing you to draw a card.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Goblin' chosen as the creature type, it will not double the Boast ability. Roaming Throne only doubles triggered abilities (starting with 'when', 'whenever', or 'at'), whereas Boast is an activated ability (indicated by the colon in the text). However, you can sacrifice the Roaming Throne to the Bombardiers to deal 6 damage, as the Throne has a mana value of 4.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Broadside Bombardiers
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A boast ability can be activated at any point after the creature with that ability has been declared as an attacker. This can be before blockers are declared, after blockers are declared but before combat damage is dealt, during combat after combat damage is dealt, during the postcombat main phase, during the end step, or, in some unusual cases, during the cleanup step.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If it's not your turn and you gain control of a creature with a boast ability after that creature attacked, you can activate that creature's boast ability if it hasn't been activated yet that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature with a boast ability is put onto the battlefield attacking, it was never declared as an attacker. Its boast ability can't be activated that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect adds additional combat phases to a turn and a creature with a boast ability attacks more than once during that turn, its boast ability can still be activated only once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The back face of a double-faced card doesn't have a mana cost. A double-faced permanent with its back face up has a mana value equal to the mana value of its front face.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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