Festering Goblin
Planechase 27 • common
- Set
- Planechase
- Collector number
- 27
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Market price
- $0.33
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 first appeared in the Onslaught expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2002, designed as a common utility creature that showcased the set's graveyard-centric mechanics. The version included in the 2009 Planechase set, marked as collector number 27, repurposed the original artwork by Christopher Rush to fit the new context of multiversal travel. This release was intended to provide accessible, flavorful cannon fodder for the casual-focused Planechase game mode, maintaining the card's role as a low-cost deterrent that punishes opponents upon its death.
The design of the card emphasizes a core goblin archetype of the era: small, cheap, and prone to explosive ends. Christopher Rush, a legendary illustrator in the early history of the game, utilized a grotesque, visceral aesthetic that defined the visual language of Black-aligned creatures during the early 2000s. Its reception among players remained consistent over the years, viewed primarily as a reliable, functional piece for black-based sacrifice decks that thrive on triggering death-related abilities.
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