Goblin Scouts
Mirage 178 • uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Collector number
- 178
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Geofrey Darrow
- Market price
- $0.29
What it does
Create three 1/1 red Goblin Scout creature tokens with mountainwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
"Pathetic—like I wouldn't know a goblin painted up to look like a dwarf!"— Pashad ibn Asim, Suq'Ata trader
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Goblin Scouts was released in 1996 as part of the Mirage expansion set for Magic: The Gathering. As the first set designed specifically to be drafted, Mirage introduced a thematic focus on exploration and tropical environments, shifting away from the high-fantasy tropes of earlier releases. This card embodies the set's emphasis on utilizing specific creature types to drive gameplay mechanics, serving as a tactical tool for players to leverage board control through low-cost, aggressive creatures.
The artwork for this card was created by artist Christopher Rush, a foundational illustrator in the early days of Magic: The Gathering. Rush’s design lean toward the grotesque yet expressive style that defined much of the game’s mid-nineties aesthetic. By depicting the scouts with a sense of frantic, singular focus, the illustration captures the essence of the goblin faction within the game's lore, emphasizing their role as expendable yet efficient scouts within the shifting battlefields of the Mirage storyline.
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About Goblin Scouts
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