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Norman Osborn // Green Goblin

Legendary Creature — Human Scientist Villain // Legendary Creature — Goblin Human Villain · {1}{U} // {1}{U}{B}{R} · Black/Red/Blue commander

Norman Osborn can't be blocked. Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.) {1}{U}{B}{R}: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery. Flying, menace Spells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast. Goblin Formula — Each nonland card in your graveyard has mayhem. The mayhem cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast a card from your graveyard for its mayhem cost if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)

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What Norman Osborn // Green Goblin actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives.
• Activated ability{1}{U}{B}{R}: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
• Static ability · cost_reductionSpells you cast from your graveyard cost {2} less to cast.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · menacemenace
• Keyword · goblin formulagoblin formula
• AbilityGoblin Formula — Each nonland card in your graveyard has mayhem. The mayhem cost is equal to its mana cost.

What a Norman Osborn // Green Goblin deck needs

Plays as cost reducer. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• spells cast from the graveyard or exile — flashback, escape, foretell, plot, adventure (it makes them cheaper)
• pump, equipment and protection for the commander (it connects on its own — turn the hits into kills)
• self-mill, discard and recursion (the graveyard is a resource its text reads)
• evasion and protection for the commander (the trigger needs its combat damage to connect)

The Norman Osborn // Green Goblin deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 18× A spell you cast from outside your hand — flashback, foretell, escape, adventure, cascade, plot and their kin
• 11× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 10× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand
• 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

Best cards for Norman Osborn // Green Goblin

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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