You have to declare a creature as an attacker during the declare attackers step
While it lacks the synergy of most other archetypes, it is the best at casting both halves of Adventures and utilizing the powerful off-color cards (or Adamant and hybrid) that go around the table late
Even if they do remove him, your goblin army is more than capable of powering him back out in no time at all or just taking the game by themselves
We exile our opponents creature, and they manifest their library's top card as a creature
Proxies: Acceptable Replacements (for casual play) If what you really want is a playable stand-into test a deck, play casually, or protect expensive originalsthen youre not looking for counterfeits
Instant and sorcery cards are used to create one-time effects, while other cards, known as permanents , remain in play until they are removed