Goblin Dark-Dwellers
Goblin Dark-Dwellers: Creature - Goblin, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Goblin
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 556
- Artist
- Steven Belledin
- Commander rank
- 9,007 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Menace
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About Goblin Dark-Dwellers
Goblin Dark-Dwellers is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 556 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {3}{R}{R} (three generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Oath of the Gatewatch (2016) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
When this creature enters, you may cast target instant or sorcery card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Dark-Dwellers by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Goblin Dark-Dwellers
Goblin Dark-Dwellers has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #J25-556 | Rare | 2026 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #219 | Rare | 2023 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #457 | Rare | 2021 |
| Commander 2020 (C20) #153 | Rare | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #59673 | Rare | 2016 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch (OGW) #110 | Rare | 2016 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #110 | Rare | 2016 |
| Oath of the Gatewatch Promos (POGW) #110s | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Goblin Dark-Dwellers, newest first.
- If an instant or sorcery card you cast this way goes to a zone other than exile or a graveyard, perhaps because one of its abilities says to put it into its owner's hand, it won't be exiled. This is true even if the card would be put into a graveyard later that turn.
- You cast the card during the resolution of the enters-the-battlefield ability, not later in the turn. If it's a sorcery card, ignore the timing restrictions based on it being a sorcery card. Other timing restrictions, such as "Cast [this card] only during combat," must be followed.
- If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay alternative costs such as surge costs. You can pay additional costs. If the card has mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
- If you can't cast the target instant or sorcery card, perhaps because there are no legal targets available, or if you choose not to cast it, it will remain in your graveyard.
- If an instant or sorcery card you cast this way is countered, it will be exiled.
- If the instant or sorcery card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Goblin Dark-Dwellers is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.