Moggcatcher gives Goblin Storm a powerful new goblin toolbox

Moggcatcher was the kind of Goblin card that makes a Secret Lair Commander deck feel like it was built by people who actually sleeve up tribal lists. A repeatable tutor that turns spare mana into the exact Goblin permanent you need is tailor-made for Goblin Storm, whether that means Goblin Trashmaster to clear artifacts, Krenko, Mob Boss to flood the board, or another payoff piece at the perfect moment.

That flexibility mattered even more because Goblin Storm already shipped with the tools to make Moggcatcher sing. Wizards’ official decklist included Swiftfoot Boots, so the line of protecting Moggcatcher and activating it right away was not some dream scenario. It also came packed with Goblin Matron, Goblin Lackey, Goblin Chieftain, Goblin Warchief, Goblin Bombardment, Impact Tremors, Vandalblast, and Roaming Throne, a list that made the deck look less like a novelty drop and more like a real pile of Commander weapons.

The product itself was built as a 100-card Secret Lair Commander deck, with 12 foil borderless cards, 22 foil borderless Mountains, 63 non-foil reprints, and 3 non-foil reprints with new artwork. Wizards said Studio X’s Eli Rice and Carmen Klomparens designed it, and the official release timing was May 18, 2026. Moggcatcher’s inclusion fit the theme on top of that structure, especially because the card has been unusually scarce for a Goblin staple, with its original Nemesis printing dating to October 4, 2004. Scryfall lists it as a rare, and the card’s ability is as direct as Commander toolbox decks get: search for a Goblin permanent card and put it straight onto the battlefield.

The new version also carried extra heat because the card had already leaked before the reveal, and Wizards still gave it fresh artwork. That made the bonus slot feel like a real reprint opportunity instead of a throwaway extra, which is exactly why the sellout stung so much. Goblin Storm sold out in 34 minutes, then showed up on resale markets at heavily inflated prices. One estimate put the deck’s reprint value at about $278 against a $150 sale price, and Dakota Cates, also known as Wizard of Barge, said he could not even get a copy from the sale. That is the real tension of Moggcatcher here: a perfect Goblin toolbox card, delivered through a product model that made it harder, not easier, for players to actually get one.