Dies to Removal

Big fan of the Goblin, especially in these hyper-aggressive decks.

It should be noted that the Reap Intellect is a mock-up (the card does do that, but the wording is god awful there.)

I like both of these cards for different reasons.

but those reasons are my own

Goblin is like a worse (but also cheaper) Hammer.

Repeatable combat tricks that also have a secondary ability as a threat are pretty good. I don't know if it'll see play right now, but I could see it taking Stonewright's place as a mana sink post rotation.

In Gruul Bloodrush decks I would play the Goblin. That little extra butt means you can swing in with a x/1 with an Auger of Bolas or other 1/x on the field and not worry about losing the exchange. A LM can swing into a Rhox Faithmender for instance. It is obviously slower than Stonewright but it is kind of tricky and fun.

Anyone else read that as "Rape Intellect" at first glance? No? Just me?

Anyway, not sure how I feel about it. You're limited to what's in the opponent's hand at the time, and the cost is enormous. Will it see play, I wonder?

CREATURE IS BEST CREATURE BECAUSE HAMMER IS BEST CARD EVER

That Goblin is a beast with double strike and Aurelia (and those in tandem), and as a "bad" creature-based Hammer. I think the versatility of it, as with other Bloodrush cards, is what really tips its scales, even if it's basically a 3/1 Bloodghast-analog with Bloodrush. The fact that it can grow Experiment One is also a pretty decent selling point for it as a constructed card, and its ability to generate card advantage over time may make it suitable in the aggro-jund deck.

The Memory card seems reasonable if not slow. 6-7 mana is not uncommon for control decks, even if this means tapping out on your turn... you memoricide your opponent for 2-3 with one card. Given how grindy and midrange a lot of Standard decks are, and given that a Revelation in response to this just gives the caster more to work with, I'm pretty fond of it in the abstract if not in practice.

Hmm, I like the spoilers today. That little goblin is pretty interesting.

BUG, Mana Drain their spell, then cast Reap Intellect for a bunch?

A boy can dream

Reap all the intellect! Unless it is late game, then they will probably only have lands..

BUG, Mana Drain their spell, then cast Reap Intellect for a bunch?

is it your next upkeep or just the next upkeep? i want to get those EOT revelations.

I forget. I think it adds any color during your next main phase.

*main phase, sorry