Goblin Firestarter 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.
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Official card text
Sacrifice this creature: It deals 1 damage to any target. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
How it works : Goblin Firestarter
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thornbite Staff + Goblin Firestarter
Infinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Kiki-Jiki by tapping it, creating a token copy of Goblin Firestarter with haste.
- 2Activate a Goblin Firestarter you control by sacrificing it.
- 3Kiki-JIki triggers, untapping itself.
- 4Resolve the Goblin Firestarter ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Repeat.
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#2
Doomsday + Grenzo, Dungeon Warden + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Conspicuous Snoop
Each opponent loses the gameInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Doomsday by paying
, searching your library and graveyard for Torch Courier, Kiki-Jiki, Goblin Firestarter, Brazen Buccaneers and Conspicuous Snoop, exiling all other cards from your graveyard and library, and then placing the remaining cards on top of your library in the order previously listed and losing half your life, rounded up. - 2Activate Grenzo by paying
, putting Conspicuous Snoop into your graveyard and then onto the battlefield. - 3Cast Torch Courier from the top of your library by paying
. - 4Activate Torch Courier by sacrificing it, giving Conspicuous Snoop haste until end of turn.
- 5Activate Conspicuous Snoop using Kiki-Jiki's ability by tapping it, creating a token copy of Conspicuous Snoop with haste.
- 6Repeat step 5 with the new Conspicuous Snoop token an arbitrarily large amount of times.
- 7Activate Grenzo by paying , putting Brazen Buccaneers into your graveyard and then onto the battlefield.
- 8Brazen Buccaneers enters the battlefield, revealing Kiki-Jiki, putting a +1/+1 counter on Brazen Buccaneers and putting Kiki-Jiki into your graveyard.
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#3
Mortuary + Bolas's Citadel + Goblin Firestarter + Cauldron of Essence
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Goblin Firestarter by sacrificing it.
- 2When Goblin Firestarter dies, Mortuary and Cauldron of Essence trigger.
- 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Goblin Firestarter from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 4Resolve the Cauldron of Essence trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 5Resolve the Goblin Firestarter ability.
- 6Cast Goblin Firestarter from the top of your library by paying 1 life.
- 7Repeat.
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#4
Mortuary + Bolas's Citadel + Goblin Firestarter + Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Goblin Firestarter by sacrificing it.
- 2When Goblin Firestarter dies, Mortuary and Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit trigger.
- 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Goblin Firestarter from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 4Resolve the Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit trigger, causing you to gain 1 life
- 5Resolve the Goblin Firestarter ability.
- 6Cast Goblin Firestarter from the top of your library by paying 1 life.
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Kenrith, the Returned King + Earthcraft + Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Goblin Firestarter
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate a basic Swamp by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Kenrith's fifth ability by paying due to Agatha, returning Goblin Firestarter from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Activate Earthcraft by tapping Goblin Firestarter, untapping the basic Swamp.
- 4Activate Goblin Firestarter by sacrificing it.
- 5Repeat.
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#6
Mortuary + Bolas's Citadel + Goblin Firestarter + Al Bhed Salvagers
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Goblin Firestarter by sacrificing it.
- 2When Goblin Firestarter dies, Mortuary and Al Bhed Salvagers trigger.
- 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Goblin Firestarter from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 4Resolve the Al Bhed Salvagers trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
- 5Resolve the Goblin Firestarter ability.
- 6Cast Goblin Firestarter from the top of your library by paying 1 life.
- 7Repeat.
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#7
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Vizier of Remedies + Goblin Firestarter
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damageInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Goblin Firestarter by sacrificing it.
- 2When Goblin Firestarter dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to Vizier of Remedies.
- 3Resolve the Goblin Firestarter ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Goblin Firestarter
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite green mana
- 1Activate Goblin Firestarter by sacrificing it.
- 2When Goblin Firestarter dies, Yedora triggers, returning Goblin Firestarter from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When Goblin Firestarter enters the battlefield, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate Goblin Firestarter by tapping it, adding
. - 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning Goblin Firestarter face-up.
- 6Resolve the Goblin Firestarter ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
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