Ultimate Green Goblin 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
At the beginning of your upkeep, discard a card, then create a Treasure token. Mayhem(You may cast this card from your graveyard for
Complete guide
Ultimate Green Goblin is a volatile threat that turns your hand into fuel for your economy. By demanding a sacrifice at every upkeep, it ensures you have the resources to keep the chaos going. This Goblin Villain also features the Mayhem mechanic, allowing it to claw its way back onto the battlefield after being discarded.
A Constant Engine of Mayhem
Ultimate Green Goblin has a mandatory triggered ability that occurs at the beginning of your upkeep. You must discard a card from your hand; if you do, you then create a Treasure token. This happens every turn it remains on the battlefield, providing consistent mana ramp at the cost of card disadvantage.
How Mayhem Works
Mayhem is an alternative cost that allows you to cast Ultimate Green Goblin from your graveyard, provided it was put there via a discard earlier in the same turn. This includes discarding it to its own upkeep ability or any other effect. However, Mayhem does not bypass timing rules. Since it is a creature card, you can typically only cast it during your main phase when the stack is empty, unless an effect gives it flash.
Important Timing and Costs
When casting Ultimate Green Goblin for its Mayhem cost, you are still casting a spell. This means it can be countered, and you must still pay any additional costs required by other effects on the board. The 'discarded this turn' requirement is checked as you begin to cast the spell; if you discarded it during an opponent's end step, you cannot use Mayhem to cast it during your own turn later.
Interaction examples
Ultimate Green Goblin
TreasureAt the start of your upkeep, the Goblin's ability triggers. You choose a card in your hand to discard. Immediately after, you create a Treasure token. You can then sacrifice that Treasure later in the turn to add one mana of any color to your mana pool.
Roaming ThroneIf Roaming Throne is on the battlefield with 'Goblin' chosen as the type, Ultimate Green Goblin's upkeep ability triggers twice. You will have to discard two cards total, but you will also receive two Treasure tokens in return.
Solemn SimulacrumIf an effect causes you to discard Ultimate Green Goblin while Solemn Simulacrum is on the battlefield, you can use the Mayhem cost of {2}{B/R} to cast the Goblin from your graveyard during your main phase. Once it enters the battlefield, you can later use the Treasure it generates to help pay for the {4} mana required to cast Solemn Simulacrum.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Ultimate Green Goblin
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You must follow all normal timing rules when casting a spell with mayhem. For example, you can't cast a creature card with mayhem you couldn't normally cast during an opponent's turn, even if you discard that card during an opponent's turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Mayhem represents an alternative cost that can be paid to cast a spell from your graveyard if you discarded the card with mayhem that turn. You must pay any additional costs the spell has.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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