General Kreat, the Boltbringer
PLST · uncommon · Released 2026-05-18
Power
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
meaningful alone
needs a shell
can take over a game
one mode
situational
easily answered
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Rationale
General Kreat is a 3cmc goblin tribal payoff that snowballs token production on attacks (each attacking goblin trigger creates another attacking goblin) and pings all opponents whenever any creature enters, combining a go-wide aggro engine with a passive drain effect. It's a strong goblin commander/99 piece that rewards dense goblin attack packages, but falls flat without a critical mass of goblins and entering creatures to fuel both triggers.
Learnings (3)
The attack trigger reads 'whenever one or more Goblins attack' — it fires only once per combat regardless of how many goblins attack, so the token production is capped at one 1/1 per combat step.
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The newly created attacking token itself is a creature entering the battlefield, so it immediately triggers the second ability for 1 damage to each opponent — these two triggers are self-reinforcing each combat.
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In a goblin aggro shell, Kreat's second ability scales extremely well with token doublers (e.g. Parallel Lives) since each additional entering token pings opponents again.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #2,513