Swab Goblin

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Character Background

Swab Goblin is a tempo-minded Goblin Pirate built for quick battlefield wins, rewarding you for being proactive with your early turns and for punishing slower opponents who stumble into open water. As a small creature, it fits best in aggressive or value-tempo shells that want to apply early pressure, force blocks, and keep momentum—especially alongside cards that benefit from Goblins, Pirates, or “from the ground up” synergies like tribal buffs and payoff effects that reward having multiple cheap bodies. In deckbuilding, pair Swab Goblin with other low-cost Goblins/Pirates and any support that increases your ability to attack profitably (pump spells, evasion, or sacrifice-and-recursion engines), since its real strength is staying relevant across several turns rather than merely sprinting in for one trade. Play it when you can protect it or follow up immediately, and treat its presence as a lever: it’s there to control the early pace and turn your opponent’s defenses into a resource they can’t afford.

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