---
name: "Goblin War Drums"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "5ED"
set_name: "Fifth Edition"
collector_number: "237"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dan Frazier"
oracle_id: "29c21edd-781b-448e-824a-17bc8b8f4077"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/goblin-war-drums-5ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Goblin War Drums
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Creatures you control have menace. (They can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Caterwauling Boggart](/printing/caterwauling-boggart-lrw.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
2. [Sonorous Howlbonder](/printing/sonorous-howlbonder-iko.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Boggart Brute](/printing/boggart-brute-plst.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
4. [Courageous Goblin](/printing/courageous-goblin-fdn.md) — Creature — Goblin
5. [Horde of Boggarts](/printing/horde-of-boggarts-shm.md) — Creature — Goblin
6. [Blood-Chin Rager](/printing/blood-chin-rager-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Edition (5ED) #237
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dan Frazier
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`