---
name: "Nightblade Brigade"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Goblin Soldier"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Surveil", "Mobilize", "Deathtouch"]
set: "TDM"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm"
collector_number: "85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Gary Laib"
oracle_id: "36d04190-7ce3-431a-b18e-3a1895ec6fc7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nightblade-brigade-tdm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nightblade Brigade
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Goblin Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Surveil, Mobilize, Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
Mobilize 1 (Whenever this creature attacks, create a tapped and attacking 1/1 red Warrior creature token. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)
When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Avenger of the Fallen](/printing/avenger-of-the-fallen-ptdm.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Shock Brigade](/printing/shock-brigade-tdm.md) — Creature — Goblin Soldier
3. [Stadium Headliner](/printing/stadium-headliner-ptdm.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
4. [Bone-Cairn Butcher](/printing/bone-cairn-butcher-tdm.md) — Creature — Demon
5. [Grim Javelineer](/printing/grim-javelineer-dft.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
6. [Zurgo Stormrender](/printing/zurgo-stormrender-tdc.md) — Legendary Creature — Orc Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Gary Laib
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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