"Obelisk of Urd: Goblin Worship"

"Obelisk of Urd: Goblin Worship"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.

Some players would look at the Obelisk of Urd as a big chunky artifact that would be difficult to cast.6 mana is still slow even by today's standards but when I look at it , I see it is a +2/+2 for all of your tribal creatures as early as turn 3.

I could hear a bunch of goblins clamoring for me to buy this card.They won't stop screaming!The dream sequence for the to get this new artifact would go something like this.

Turn 1. Play Mountain,play One 1 mana cost goblin

Turn 2. Play Mountain,play Two 1 mana cost goblins.

Turn 3. Play Mountain,tap all 3 mountains and your 3 goblins for convoke.And cast the Obelisk of Urd.Choose your goblins as a tribe and boom! +2/+2 stat bonuses for each one of them.

At this point you already have 9 points of damage available for the next turns assault. This could escalate really fast because all of the goblins that would arrive under your control will also enjoy this +2/+2 stat.

When I look at this though , it is still a bit slow and well there is still one more way to have this shiny new thing out. 

For the ultimate Goblin crazy dream sequence you could come up with this one turn and hopefully turn two kill...(well turn three, now that I have done the math). It requires a god hand though.

Feast your eyes on Goblin Worship!

Turn 1, Play Great Furnace, Play Chrome Mox , throw something Red(any red spell to imprint on the Mox). Tap for mana , cast 2 Kuldotha Rebirth and sacrifice the Furnace and Mox. You now have 6 1/1 Red Goblin Tokens. Tap them for the Convoke cost of the Obelisk of Urd...watch your opponents jaw draw as they look at their hands and realize that they may not have an answer to 18 points of damage heading their way on your next turn(your next turn).

So there you have it. Goblin assaulters from turn one and hopefully a turn 3 kill. I can still hear some goblins giggling from this evil plan. Time to get me an Obelisk of Urd in the M15 PR.