Goblin Scouts
~$0.29 TCGplayer
Red. Sorcery
Mirage #178 · Illustrated by Geofrey Darrow
Mirage #178 · Illustrated by Geofrey DarrowWhat is Goblin Scouts worth?
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Oracle text
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
Format legality
The only printing of Goblin Scouts
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mirage mir #178· 1996uncommon· Cardmarket €0.28 | uncommon | $0.29 | €0.28 |
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Card details
- First printed
- 1996
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 5
- EDHREC rank
- #25,311 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Geofrey Darrow
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Mirage card (#178).
Printed before collector numbers, which started with Exodus in 1998. The bottom shows only the artist credit ("Illus.") and the copyright. Set symbols were all black before Exodus, and core sets before Sixth Edition have none.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Goblin Scouts, read from the Mirage printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Goblin Scouts. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 5: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Sorcery is the card type.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Illustration
- By Geofrey Darrow. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Mirage. Before Exodus (1998) every set symbol was black, whatever the rarity.
- Artist
- Geofrey Darrow, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2004-10-04
The tokens are of creature type Goblin and Scout. They are affected by things that affect Goblins.
2008-08-01
The tokens have ‘Mountainwalk’ in their text, and will be affected by text-changing effects accordingly.
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