Krenko, Baron of Tin Street 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
Haste, Sacrifice an artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Goblin you control. Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay
. If you do, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. It gains haste until end of turn.
Complete guide
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street is a relentless engine for Goblin decks, turning scraps of metal into a massive army. As a legendary creature with Haste, he can immediately begin upgrading your forces or recruiting new members the moment he hits the battlefield.
Industrial Recruitment
Krenko has two distinct abilities that work in tandem. First, you can tap him and sacrifice an artifact to put a +1/+1 counter on every Goblin you control. Second, whenever an artifact hits the graveyard from the battlefield, you can pay a single Red mana to create a 1/1 Goblin token with haste. This trigger happens regardless of who controlled the artifact or why it was destroyed.
The Timing of Scrapping
When an artifact is put into a graveyard, Krenko's triggered ability goes on the stack. You do not choose to pay the Red mana until the ability actually resolves. If multiple artifacts are destroyed at once, such as during a board wipe, Krenko will trigger for each one. Crucially, if Krenko dies at the same time as those artifacts, his ability still sees them leaving and will trigger for each one, allowing you to pay for tokens even as he leaves.
Maximizing the Baron
A common mistake is forgetting that Krenko's sacrifice ability is a cost. This means your opponent cannot destroy the artifact in response to prevent the +1/+1 counters; the artifact is gone the moment you announce the ability. Also, remember that the tokens created by his triggered ability have haste only until the end of the turn, so use them to attack or activate abilities immediately.
Interaction examples
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
Solemn SimulacrumWith both on the battlefield, you activate Krenko, Baron of Tin Street by sacrificing Solemn Simulacrum. Two things happen: Krenko's activated ability puts a +1/+1 counter on all Goblins you control, and because an artifact (the Golem) was put into the graveyard, Krenko's triggered ability fires. You can pay {R} to create a 1/1 Goblin token. Additionally, you still get to draw a card from the Simulacrum's own death trigger.
Roaming ThroneIf Roaming Throne enters and you choose 'Goblin', it becomes a Goblin itself. When you sacrifice an artifact, Krenko's activated ability puts a +1/+1 counter on both Krenko and the Throne. More importantly, the Throne causes Krenko's triggered ability to fire twice whenever an artifact hits the graveyard. This allows you to pay {R}{R} to create two 1/1 Goblin tokens instead of one.
GoblinKrenko can buff existing Goblin tokens you've already created. By sacrificing a cheap artifact like a Treasure or a Clue, Krenko ensures that every small Goblin token becomes a larger threat. Since Krenko has haste, you can play him on turn three and immediately sacrifice an artifact to buff your turn-one and turn-two Goblins before attacking.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Krenko, Baron of Tin Street
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Krenko, Baron of Tin Street dies at the same time as one or more artifacts are put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its last ability will still trigger for each of those artifacts.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Goblin Bombardment
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the Goblin token.
- 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 6Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Skirk Prospector
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Skirk Prospector by sacrificing the Goblin token, adding .
- 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Goblin token, adding
. - 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Goblin token, adding one mana of any color.
- 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the Goblin token.
- 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
- 6Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Mycosynth Lattice + Skirk Prospector
- 1Activate Skirk Prospector by sacrificing another Goblin, adding .
- 2When the Goblin dies, Krenko triggers, causing you to pay
to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token. - 3Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Carrion Feeder
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the Goblin token.
- 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Repeat.
Krenko, Baron of Tin Street + Pitiless Plunderer + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- 1Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 2Krenko triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Goblin creature token with haste.
- 3Activate Yahenni by sacrificing the Goblin token.
- 4When the Goblin dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Yahenni ability, giving it indestructible until end of turn.
- 6Repeat.
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