Warren Pilferers 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
When this creature enters, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If that card is a Goblin card, this creature gains haste until end of turn.
Complete guide
Warren Pilferers is a versatile Goblin Rogue that provides excellent graveyard utility for black decks. Not only does it secure card advantage by retrieving a fallen ally, but it also rewards you with immediate aggression if you choose a fellow Goblin. Whether you are playing a tribal deck or a value-based midrange strategy, this card keeps your momentum going.
What it Does
When Warren Pilferers enters the battlefield, its triggered ability targets a creature card in your graveyard to return to your hand. If the card you return is a Goblin, Warren Pilferers gains haste until the end of the turn, allowing it to attack or tap immediately. Note that the card must be a Goblin specifically while it is in the graveyard for the haste bonus to apply.
How it Resolves
Step 1: Warren Pilferers enters the battlefield and its ability is put on the stack. Step 2: You choose a legal target creature card in your graveyard. Step 3: As the ability resolves, the game checks if the target is still legal. If it is, the card returns to your hand. Step 4: The game checks the characteristics of the card that was just moved. If it has the Goblin subtype, Warren Pilferers gains haste.
Common Mistakes
A common error is assuming Warren Pilferers gains haste even if the target is removed from the graveyard. If the targeted card is exiled in response to the ability, the entire ability fails to resolve; the Pilferers will not gain haste, and you won't get a card back. Additionally, remember that the haste check happens during resolution, so the card must be a Goblin as it leaves the graveyard.
When to Play It
This creature is best utilized in the mid-to-late game when your graveyard is populated with high-value targets. Because it costs five mana, it serves as a 'toolbox' enabler that can recover powerful utility creatures or aggressive Goblins to finish off a weakened opponent. It is especially potent in Limited formats where creature recursion is a premium effect.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf Solemn Simulacrum is in your graveyard, you can target it with the Warren Pilferers entry ability. You return the Simulacrum to your hand, but since Solemn Simulacrum is a Golem and not a Goblin, Warren Pilferers will not gain haste. This is an excellent way to reset your mana ramp and card draw engine.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield and chose 'Goblin' or 'Rogue' as it entered, Warren Pilferers' ability will trigger twice. You can target two different creature cards in your graveyard. If at least one of those targets is a Goblin, Warren Pilferers will gain haste upon the resolution of that specific trigger.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Warren Pilferers
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability checks whether the targeted card is a Goblin when the ability resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If the card is an illegla target as the ability resolves, the ability won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. Warren Pilferers won’t gain haste.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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