Goblin War Paint
Magic 2012 143 • common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 143
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Austin Hsu
- Market price
- $0.07
What it does
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has haste.
"The secret to our war paint is hot peppers and stinkbugs. Lots of stinkbugs."— Skab, goblin secretkeeper
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Goblin War Paint was released in 2011 as part of the Magic 2012 core set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. It is a common enchantment card designed to bolster a creature with increased power, toughness, and the haste ability, fitting the aggressive and chaotic themes traditionally associated with the goblin creature type in the game's lore.
The artwork was commissioned from digital artist Austin Hsu, who sought to capture the frantic and slightly unhinged nature of a goblin preparing for battle. The illustration emphasizes the crude, visceral application of pigments, aligning with the common tropes of goblin tribal identity where preparation for combat is characterized more by impulsive fervor than tactical discipline.
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