Azog, Moria's Ruin
Azog, Moria's Ruin2 B
Legendary Creature — Goblin Soldier
When Azog enters, destroy up to one other target creature. Its controller amasses Goblins X, where X is that creature's power. If you controlled that creature, draw a card. (To amass Goblins X, that player puts X +1/+1 counters on an Army they control. It's also a Goblin. If they don't control an Army, they create a 0/0 black Goblin Army creature token first.)
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Versions

Azog, Moria's Ruin — Base #61
Base #61
Azog, Moria's Ruin — #222
#222
Azog, Moria's Ruin — #258
#258

Azog, Moria's Ruin

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Limited summary

Three-mana 1/3 whose enter-the-battlefield destroys a creature — but its controller amasses X equal to its power. Killing their creature refunds them an Army; killing your own creature amasses YOU and draws a card. Flexible removal with real texture.

Roles

CreatureRole — Mainly provides a body on the board.RemovalRole — Kills or neutralizes opposing creatures or permanents.EnablerSets up the condition its archetype's payoffs reward. Count your enablers before valuing payoffs highly.

Archetypes

Gameplay notes

Against small creatures the Army refund is trivial; against a 5-power bomb you're giving back a 5/5 Army — sometimes that trade is still right. Targeting your own dying or outclassed creature converts it into Goblin counters plus a card.

Key synergies

Gollum the Abandoned
Gollum the AbandonedComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Azog can destroy Gollum to draw a card and amass Goblins 2, after which Gollum can be returned to hand and replayed for another drain trigger.

The Mountain-king's Return
The Mountain-king's ReturnComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Chapter I can discard Azog and create a Human Soldier token, then chapter II returns Azog and lets its enters ability destroy that expendable token to amass Goblins and draw a card.

Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing
Lake-town Mariners // Gone FishingComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Gone Fishing can blink Azog to reuse its enters ability, while also blinking another permanent for value; the returned Azog can convert another expendable creature into an Army and a card or remove an opposing creature.

Part in Friendship
Part in FriendshipComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Using Azog on your own nontoken creature triggers Part in Friendship, so the creature is converted into an Army and a card while the enchantment supplies another creature from your library.

Fearsome Goblin Pair
Fearsome Goblin PairComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Azog can destroy the Pair on entry, drawing a card because you controlled it. The Pair's death trigger amasses 4, while Azog also amasses 1 from its power, producing five Army counters in total.

Front Porch Sentries
Front Porch SentriesComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Azog can destroy Front Porch Sentries, causing you to draw a card and amass Goblins 2 from Azog while the Sentries' death trigger gives an opposing creature -1/-1.

Gundabad Opportunist
Gundabad OpportunistComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

After Gundabad Opportunist provides its exiled card, Azog can destroy it to draw a card and amass Goblins 4. This converts the fragile 4/2 body into a large Army while retaining the Opportunist's enters-the-battlefield value.

Stony-Voiced Goblins
Stony-Voiced GoblinsComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

After Stony-Voiced Goblins has forced a discard, Azog can destroy the spent 1/1 to draw a card and amass Goblins 1, extracting multiple pieces of value from the same cheap creature.

Rhovanion Rampager
Rhovanion RampagerComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

Azog can destroy your Rampager after it has grown: Azog amasses equal to Rampager's power and draws a card, while Rampager's own death trigger amasses that much again. This effectively doubles its power as Army counters while replacing the card.

Supper for Spiders
Supper for SpidersComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 3/3 — Strong

After Azog destroys an opposing creature, Supper for Spiders can immediately return that card under your control as a Food artifact, substantially offsetting the Army Azog gives its former controller.

The Great Goblin
The Great GoblinEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

When Azog amasses your own Army, the counters trigger The Great Goblin for 2 damage — removal that also burns.

Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!
Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap!Direct SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Azog can destroy an expendable creature to amass based on its power and draw a card, creating or enlarging a counter-bearing Army that Great Ugly-Looking Goblin then grants menace.

Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll
Roll-Roll-Roll-RollBuild-AroundOne card gets much better because the other exists.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Repeatedly blinking Azog lets each chapter convert another expendable creature into an appropriately sized Goblin Army and a card; this is especially effective when recycling an Army whose power comes from counters.

Desolation Prowler
Desolation ProwlerComboA specific, particularly strong two-card interaction.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Desolation Prowler can raise its power to 4 before Azog destroys it, letting Azog replace the two-drop with a 4/4 Goblin Army while also drawing a card.

Head of the Hunt
Head of the HuntDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

When Azog targets an opposing creature, Head of the Hunt replaces that creature's death with exile and creates a 2/2 Wolf for you; Azog still makes that opponent amass based on the targeted creature's power.

Elrond, Moon-Reader
Elrond, Moon-ReaderDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Elrond's activated ability can blink Azog for another enters trigger, allowing Azog to repeat its removal or creature-to-Army conversion while Elrond also blinks a second permanent.

Down, Down to Goblin-town
Down, Down to Goblin-townDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Chapter II supplies an Army that Azog can destroy under your control, drawing a card and then amassing equal to its power; this effectively rebuilds the Army while converting the original into card advantage.

Along the Crooked Way
Along the Crooked WayDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Returning Azog from your graveyard to your hand triggers Along the Crooked Way to amass Goblins 1, and recasting Azog then provides another enters trigger that can convert a creature into additional Army counters and a card.

Dreaded Bat-Cloud
Dreaded Bat-CloudEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Azog reliably causes a creature to die with its enters ability, reducing Dreaded Bat-Cloud to just {1}{B} and letting you add a 4/2 flying deathtouch threat in the same turn.

Ragged Short Spear
Ragged Short SpearDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Equipping an expendable creature with Ragged Short Spear increases the power Azog converts into Goblin Army counters by two; the Equipment survives the creature's destruction and can later be moved onto the Army.

Great Fierce Bee
Great Fierce BeeDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

Azog's enters ability guarantees a death when it has a legal target, triggering Great Fierce Bee to scry whether Azog destroys an opposing creature or converts one of your own creatures into an Army and a card.

Synergy graph

Min strength
Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Elrond, Moon-Reader Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Part in Friendship Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Front Porch Sentries Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Dreaded Bat-Cloud Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Gollum the Abandoned ↔ Great Fierce Bee Enabler → Payoff · strength 1/3Along the Crooked Way ↔ Gollum the Abandoned Combo · strength 3/3Along the Crooked Way ↔ The Great Goblin Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Along the Crooked Way ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Archetype Synergy · strength 2/3Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap! ↔ Along the Crooked Way Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap! ↔ The Great Goblin Combo · strength 3/3Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap! ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap! ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Combo · strength 3/3Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll ↔ Stony-Voiced Goblins Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll ↔ Gundabad Opportunist Direct Synergy · strength 2/3The Mountain-king's Return ↔ Gollum the Abandoned Direct Synergy · strength 2/3The Mountain-king's Return ↔ Along the Crooked Way Direct Synergy · strength 3/3The Mountain-king's Return ↔ Stony-Voiced Goblins Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Down, Down to Goblin-town ↔ Along the Crooked Way Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Down, Down to Goblin-town ↔ The Great Goblin Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Down, Down to Goblin-town ↔ Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap! Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Down, Down to Goblin-town ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Mechanic Synergy · strength 1/3Down, Down to Goblin-town ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Combo · strength 3/3Stony-Voiced Goblins ↔ The Great Goblin Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Fearsome Goblin Pair ↔ The Great Goblin Combo · strength 3/3Fearsome Goblin Pair ↔ The Mountain-king's Return Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Fearsome Goblin Pair ↔ Part in Friendship Combo · strength 3/3Fearsome Goblin Pair ↔ Dreaded Bat-Cloud Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Part in Friendship ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Combo · strength 3/3Part in Friendship ↔ Great Fierce Bee Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Head of the Hunt ↔ Supper for Spiders Anti-Synergy · strength 3/3Head of the Hunt ↔ Great Fierce Bee Anti-Synergy · strength 2/3Front Porch Sentries ↔ The Great Goblin Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Supper for Spiders ↔ Gollum the Abandoned Enabler → Payoff · strength 1/3Desolation Prowler ↔ Elrond, Moon-Reader Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Desolation Prowler ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Gundabad Opportunist ↔ The Great Goblin Tribal Synergy · strength 2/3Rhovanion Rampager ↔ The Great Goblin Enabler → Payoff · strength 3/3Rhovanion Rampager ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Combo · strength 3/3Dreaded Bat-Cloud ↔ Head of the Hunt Anti-Synergy · strength 2/3Great Fierce Bee ↔ The Great Goblin Combo · strength 2/3Great Fierce Bee ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Great Fierce Bee ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Gollum the Abandoned Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ The Mountain-king's Return Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Lake-town Mariners // Gone Fishing Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Part in Friendship Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Fearsome Goblin Pair Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Front Porch Sentries Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Gundabad Opportunist Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Stony-Voiced Goblins Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Rhovanion Rampager Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Supper for Spiders Combo · strength 3/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ The Great Goblin Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Great Ugly-Looking Goblin // Clap! Snap! Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Roll-Roll-Roll-Roll Build-Around · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Desolation Prowler Combo · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Head of the Hunt Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Elrond, Moon-Reader Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Down, Down to Goblin-town Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Along the Crooked Way Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Dreaded Bat-Cloud Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Ragged Short Spear Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Azog, Moria's Ruin ↔ Great Fierce Bee Direct Synergy · strength 1/3Azog, Moria's Ruin (this card)
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