Mogg of the Month October '24: Sensation Gorger

So another month passes by and that means it's time for the 5th installment of Mogg of the Month. This month I have decided to feature one of the more obscure cards in our collections, but one that is certainly worthy of a slot in our commander decks

Mogg of the Month for October 2024 is Sensation Gorger!

Printed only once way back in 2008 as part of the Morningtide set from Lorwyn block, Sensation Gorger is a card that some goblin players may not even know about.

There are two things to note about Sensation Gorger, it's insane art and it's wicked ability. First let's look at it's art.

What is even going on here? It gets worse the longer you look at it!

Sensation Gorger's ability is fantastic for our EDH decks with a high number of goblin cards:

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with Sensation Gorger, you may reveal it. If you do, each player discards their hand, then draws four cards.

Considering how quickly we can play out our hands and be in top-deck mode, drawing 4 cards from Kinship then drawing for turn means we're going to smash through our library and see all the other cool goblins we put in there. Don't want to discard your sweet hand? No problem, it's a may ability so you just choose not to activate it.

The fact it's each player discards their hand and draws 4 is great for disrupting our opponents too, especially those who have been crafting a strong hand or drawing lots of cards with effects like Rhystic Study.

While Sensation Gorger is legal in Modern, Legacy and Vintage I haven't ever seen it in lists for those formats but a lot of those lists are also tight for space and have other options for card draw. So the 100 card format that is EDH is definitely where it can shine brightest.

Here's what others have said about Sensation Gorger:

"A must have for Goblin decks, since Goblin decks run out of steam very quickly this allows them to get going again, and if you use goblin recruiter right before it, it's not an ability of luck anymore"

"It's a great card for aggro decks. The ability might even be useful against control decks. Since those try to keep a large amount of cards in hand, you will probably have to discard less and preferably empty your hand to repeat this the next turn."

"Actually a very good card for goblin decks. One of the few red cards that allows you to draw cards. In a quick hitting burn/goblin deck you will usually go through the cards in your hand much faster then your opponent. This card lets you draw 4 cards everytime you have a goblin on top of your library, in addition to making your opponent discard his hand. He is also a 2/2 for 3, which will end up holding his own in a deck full of goblin chieftans, kings, etc."

"Let's see, Eyes taped open, Frog in mouth, Skunk on nose, Ear horns in ears and a whole bunch of stuff on his belly. Yep his sensations are gorged alright."

That's all for this month's article. Leave a comment below and tell us what your favourite goblin is and we could feature it on the next Mogg of the Month!