The Great Goblin
- Mana cost
- {1}{B/R}{B/R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Goblin Noble
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 2
- Set
- The Hobbit #201 (rare)
- Price
- $1.89 USD
Whenever you put one or more counters on a Goblin, Orc, or Army you control, The Great Goblin deals 2 damage to target opponent.
Whenever another Goblin, Orc, or Army you control dies, exile the top card of your library. You may play it until the end of your next turn.
The Great Goblin has 2 printings, first in The Hobbit (2026). EDHREC ranks it #8,472 among Commander cards. It appears most in Sauron, the Dark Lord decks (5,119 on EDHREC). It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run The Great Goblin most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Sauron, the Dark Lord: 5,119 decks
- Saruman, the White Hand: 1,158 decks
- Grub, Storied Matriarch // Grub, Notorious Auntie: 548 decks
- Auntie Ool, Cursewretch: 330 decks
- Great Goblin, Foul-Hearted: 238 decks
- Bolg, Erebor's Reckoning: 180 decks
- Sauron, Lord of the Rings: 119 decks
- Mauhúr, Uruk-hai Captain: 109 decks
Often played with The Great Goblin
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You pay all costs and follow all timing rules for cards played this way. For example, if the exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty and only if you have an available land play remaining.