Pre-Zendikar the deck was a little awkward and was just not quite as reliable as the other various tier one decks of the time
The hand-swapping effect that can be activated during the Standby Phase is also convenient, and overall, it can be said to be a card that acts as a lubricant while being a large Link-4 monster
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It can protect your Life Points like original Kuriboh (including effect damage, this time!), count itself for the entire Tribute for the Ritual Summon of a Level 8 monster, or even set 1 Quick-Play Spell or Trap that mentions the sets brand-new Ritual Spell Card (described above)
As the iconic Red creatures of smallness, they have Red abilities in drovesFirst Strike, Mountainwalk (plus at least one Goblin each that has Forestwalk, Swampwalk, Plainswalk, and Islandwalk), a cornucopia of Haste, and more
One cannot possibly lump all these decks together as one when discussing sideboarding plans, but I think that its more or less okay to do so when talking about strategic basics when discussing playing against this kind of deck
