"Embercleave: Screaming Goblins."

"Embercleave: Screaming Goblins."

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr. MD

Screaming Goblins. Yup. The moment I saw Embercleave all I could think of was Screaming Goblins as they attacked as one and a certain sword suddenly flashed in the hands of one of them and they utterly destroyed the opposing army.

Embercleave is the red aligned courts secret weapon and it is quite a strong one that can allow you to do a  one hit kill combo with enough creature mass on your side of the board.

This Artifact costs 4 colorless and 2 red mana to cast but you can easily just ignore that 4 colorless part as this can be reduced by the number of attacking creatures you control and another thing about this sword is that it has Flash. Meaning you can cast it any time you can cast an instant and the best time to do just that is when you have declared attackers.

The moment it enters the battlefield it can attach to any creature you control. And who might be a good fit to catch the said sword? The Ones of course but the best candidate would be the Goblin Reckless One who gets his power from all the other Goblins that exist around him.(Yes Even the One's on the other side of the board)

Let us say you attacked with 10 goblins , your Reckless one is a 10/10 and with the Embercleave (which gives a +1/+1), it can deal 22 damage if unblocked. Even if it is blocked Embercleave gives the equipped creature double strike and trample. Depending on how huge the blockers toughness ,there will usually  be a certain amount of damage that would be able to reach your opponent. And possibly lower the life total to zero.

And if you are not able to do it this turn with the Embercleave already out in the open you could just wait next turn  , untap your creatures and go for the kill. 

Yup. Screaming Goblins.