, Sacrifice an artifact: Add an amount of equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells or activate abilities of artifacts.
Slobad turns your artifacts into red ramp by sacrificing them for mana equal to their mana value, fueling a chain of bigger artifacts and recursion. You build a board of cheap artifacts, sacrifice the expendable ones to ritual out powerful payoffs, and grind value through recursion engines until you assemble a combo or overwhelm with artifact-driven threats. Turn to turn you're deploying mana rocks and treasure-makers, then cashing them in for explosive artifact turns.
Acts as an artifact-focused ramp engine, effectively doubling mana into artifact spells
Synergizes brilliantly with sacrifice payoffs, treasure tokens, and free/recurring artifacts
Cheap to cast at three mana and immediately impactful
Enables explosive single-turn artifact dumps and combo setups
Mana is restricted to artifacts only, so it can't fix or accelerate noncreature spells broadly
Sacrificing artifacts can leave you card-disadvantaged without recursion
Mono-red lacks reliable card draw and removal compared to other colors
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Goblin Artificer
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