Fearsome Goblin Pair
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A premium three-drop that leaves behind four power when it dies, making ordinary trades and sacrifice effects highly profitable. It is especially strong in BR Goblins / Amass, where both halves contribute to the deck's Goblin, Army, and death-trigger plans.
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Gameplay notes
Trade or sacrifice the Pair rather than letting it sit back indefinitely. If you already control an Army, remember that its death trigger concentrates four more counters on that creature; against bounce or exile effects, consider trading the Pair before the opponent can prevent its death trigger.
Key synergies
When Fearsome Goblin Pair dies, The Great Goblin exiles a card for later play; its amass trigger then puts counters on a Goblin Army, causing The Great Goblin to deal 2 damage.
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.
Bolg can sacrifice the Pair on entry, triggering its death ability to amass Goblins 4 while also dealing 1 damage with Bolg. This converts an expendable three-drop into removal, a 4-power Army upgrade, and Bolg's 5/5 body.
After Fearsome Goblin Pair trades or is sacrificed, Gathering of Darkness returns it to hand while adding three counters to the Army created or enlarged by its death trigger. Recasting the Pair sets up another amass 4 when it dies again.
Sacrificing Fearsome Goblin Pair to return Gollum from the graveyard also triggers amass Goblins 4, converting Gollum's recursion cost into a large Army while setting up another Gollum cast and drain.
When Fearsome Goblin Pair dies, it creates or enlarges a Goblin Army with four +1/+1 counters; Great Ugly-Looking Goblin then grants that large Army menace, making the Pair's death payoff substantially harder to block.
Sacrificing the Pair pays Stir Up Trouble's additional cost and immediately triggers amass Goblins 4, turning the removal spell into both a kill spell and a large Army upgrade.
Sacrificing Fearsome Goblin Pair adds {B}{R} and triggers its death ability to amass Goblins 4, replacing the small body with a much larger Army while generating mana.
Sacrificing the Pair to Snowslope Hunter both exiles a card to play and triggers amass Goblins 4, turning a 1/1 into substantial board presence plus card advantage.
Sacrificing the Pair to Rampager grows Rampager by 1 while the Pair's death trigger amasses 4. Rampager can later die to amass again based on its increased power, turning one expendable creature into two separate waves of growth.
Fearsome Goblin Pair pays Allure of Power's sacrifice cost to draw two cards, then its death trigger amasses Goblins 4, turning the spell into card advantage without losing meaningful board presence.
When the nontoken Pair dies, Part in Friendship finds another creature while the Pair simultaneously amasses Goblins 4, converting one death into both a sizable Army and a replacement creature.
Sacrificing Fearsome Goblin Pair to Tom, Bert, and William triggers its death ability, converting the small body into card selection plus an immediate amass Goblins 4.
Sacrificing the Pair to the entry trigger draws a card and creates a Treasure, while the Pair replaces itself with four power of Army counters.
The sweeper kills the 1/1 Pair, and its death trigger resolves afterward to create or rebuild a 4/4 Army on the otherwise-cleared battlefield.
Fearsome Goblin Pair amasses 4 when it dies, establishing or substantially enlarging the Goblin Army that Misty Mountains Raider then grows by another 2 on every attack. The Pair also provides an expendable attacker while the accumulated Army counters remain concentrated on a separate threat.
When Fearsome Goblin Pair dies, it creates or grows an Army with four +1/+1 counters, supplying a 4-power creature that turns on Nighthowl Pursuer's Ferocious attacks.
Trading or sacrificing the Pair both triggers the Bee's scry and produces a sizable Goblin Army, converting the death into board presence plus improved draw quality.
Returning the Pair with Along the Crooked Way immediately amasses 1, and after it is replayed its death produces another four counters. The resulting Goblin Army can then gain menace from the enchantment.
The Saga's second chapter can return Fearsome Goblin Pair directly from the graveyard to the battlefield, restoring an expendable body that will amass Goblins 4 again the next time it dies.
Goblin Plate Mail establishes a Goblin Army and gives it menace; when Fearsome Goblin Pair dies, its four counters are added to that equipped Army, producing a much larger evasive threat.
Trading or sacrificing Fearsome Goblin Pair enables Dreaded Bat-Cloud's cost reduction while the Pair's death trigger leaves behind a 4-power Army, allowing a one-mana 4/2 flying deathtouch threat without sacrificing board development.
The Saga establishes or grows a Goblin Army, and Fearsome Goblin Pair's death then adds four more counters to that same threat, giving the BR amass deck a substantially larger Army after a profitable trade or sacrifice.