Festering Goblin
Ninth Edition 130★ • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 130★
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
When this creature dies, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
In life, it was a fetid, disease-ridden thing. In death, not much changed.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Festering Goblin was first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering card game in the Onslaught expansion released in 2002. It was designed as a common creature intended to provide black decks with a low-cost, tactical utility piece; its ability triggers upon death, forcing a target creature to suffer a penalty to its power and toughness, which made it a functional tool for controlling the early game board state.
The artwork for the Ninth Edition printing, numbered 130, was illustrated by Thomas M. Baxa. Baxa, a prolific artist in the game's history, focused on a grotesque, visceral aesthetic to capture the essence of the creature's lore. The Ninth Edition core set, which included this card, served as a bridge for players during the mid-2000s, featuring updated card frames and offering a curated selection of cards from previous expansions to maintain competitive balance and accessibility for new players.
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