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Front Porch Sentries

common Creature — Goblin Soldier

When this creature , target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

C+ Grade from the win rate

Win rate when drawn 55.7% −0.5 vs average 29,032 games

Win rates and picks

56.5% 60,218 games
Average pick ()
8.4

By deck

  • Goblin Army 56.1% 17,810 games
  • Ferocious Wolves 54.6% 6,916 games
  • Removal Control 55.5% 1,915 games
  • Removal Midrange 55.1% 1,006 games

Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).

Reviews

Two-drops tend to be outclassed by most 3s and 4s, but Front Porch Sentries isn't. That extra -1/-1 lets it trade up for bigger creatures or even threaten a trade against an X/1 creature. A very solid for any black deck.

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

  • Goblin Army Early play

    Blocking a 3-toughness creature, it deals 2 damage and its trigger gives -1/-1, so the two trade. or killed any other way, it still finishes off a 1-toughness creature.

    How to play it

    Block or attack into 3-toughness creatures. it to Stir Up Trouble or Rhovanion Rampager when one of theirs has 1 toughness.

    Learn the Goblin Army deck

  • Removal Control Early play

    Its trigger gives an opposing creature -1/-1 until end of turn, so the 2/2 trades up. A 3-toughness creature it blocks takes 2 damage and dies to the trigger, and against X/1s it's a .

    How to play it

    Block with it early and let it die. When they attack with an X/1 and something bigger, block the bigger one and aim the trigger at the X/1.

    Learn the Removal Control deck

  • Removal Midrange Early play

    Its trigger gives target creature an opponent controls -1/-1 until end of turn, enough to kill a 1-toughness creature or finish one already damaged in the same combat.

    How to play it

    Block with it happily, and aim the -1/-1 at the creature it fought or at any 1-toughness creature.

    Learn the Removal Midrange deck