Festering Goblin
Archenemy 16 • common
- Set
- Archenemy
- Collector number
- 16
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Thomas M. Baxa
- Market price
- $0.39
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 in 2002, designed to provide black-aligned players with a low-cost, tactical creature that offered value even after its death. The card mechanics, which allow the player to give another creature -1/-1 when the goblin dies, exemplify the 'death trigger' design philosophy central to the set's graveyard-focused themes.
This specific printing comes from the 2010 Archenemy release, a standalone box set designed for a casual, asymmetrical multiplayer format. Featuring the original illustration by Daren Bader, the card was reprinted here to reinforce the set's emphasis on creature-based combat and disruptive, sacrificial playstyles. It remains a classic example of early 2000s common card design, valued for its utility in limited formats.
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