Legendary Creature — Goblin

Squee, Goblin Nabob

Mana value3EDHREC#4,034

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The Commander

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Guide

Gameplan

Squee is a recursion engine you abuse for value, not a beatdown threat. Discard or sacrifice him repeatedly to fuel madness, reanimator-style payoffs, looting, and sacrifice synergies, then grind opponents out with endless fodder. Since he comes back every upkeep from the graveyard, you treat him as a renewable resource that never runs out.

Strengths

Infinite recurring fodder for sacrifice, discard, and looting outlets
Mono-red consistency and access to fast ramp like Treasures and rituals
Excellent free engine that costs no mana to reuse once he's in the yard
Enables value loops with cards that care about repeated discard or sacrifice

Weaknesses

No inherent way to win or generate card advantage on his own
Mono-red color identity limits access to interaction and card draw
Slow grind plan can be outpaced by faster combo decks
Recursion only triggers on your upkeep, so he's gone for a full turn cycle once used

Key Cards

Skullclamp — Turns Squee tokens or sacrificed copies into a relentless card-draw engine.
Goblin Bombardment — Free sacrifice outlet that pings down opponents using endlessly returning Squee.
Birgi, God of Storytelling — Generates mana every time you replay Squee, fueling storm and ritual lines.
Faithless Looting — Cheap looting that benefits from Squee being a 'free' discard you get back anyway.
Bag of Holding — Recurs your discarded spells while you loop Squee through discard outlets.

Upgrade Path

Lean into a focused engine: pair Squee with free sacrifice outlets (Goblin Bombardment, Ashnod's Altar) and payoffs (Mayhem Devil, Blood Artist analogues) for a tight aristocrats loop. Add fast mana like Jeska's Will, Dockside Extortionist, and rituals to support a Birgi storm finish, and tutors like Gamble or Goblin Recruiter to assemble pieces. Tighten the curve and prioritize cards that convert repeated discard/sacrifice into damage or card advantage rather than slow value.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Aristocrats drain via Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat effects looping Squee
▸Storm/ritual combos powered by Birgi mana generation
▸Wide Goblin board buffed by Goblin Chieftain or Krenko-style swarms
▸Repeated burn pings from Goblin Bombardment-style sacrifice outlets

Archetypes

Aristocrats — Squee is unlimited free sacrifice fodder for drain and Blood Artist effects.
Spellslinger/Storm — Recurring Squee feeds Birgi and discard-for-value engines to chain rituals and burn.
Reanimator/Madness — Discarding Squee fuels madness and reanimation outlets without losing a card.
Goblin Tribal — He's a resilient Goblin engine that supports go-wide token and tribal payoffs.