Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Bushwhacker: Creature - Goblin Warrior, Zendikar. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Goblin Warrior
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Zendikar (ZEN)
- Released
- 2009-10-02
- Collector number
- 125
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Commander rank
- 8,198 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Kicker
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About Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Bushwhacker is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red creature from Zendikar (ZEN), an expansion set released in October 2009. It is collector number 125 in that set, with art by Mark Tedin. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Zendikar (2009) to Special Guests (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Kicker {R} (You may pay an additional {R} as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain haste until end of turn.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.17 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Goblin Bushwhacker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Goblin Bushwhacker
Goblin Bushwhacker has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Special Guests (SPG) #78 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #ZEN-125 | Common | 2020 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #17 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Goblin Bushwhacker, newest first.
- To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
- If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
- If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
- If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
- The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
- Only creatures you control as Goblin Bushwhacker's ability resolves are affected. This includes Goblin Bushwhacker itself, unless it already left the battlefield by then.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Goblin Bushwhacker is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.