Goblin Recruiter
Goblin Recruiter: Creature - Goblin, Classic Sixth Edition. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Goblin
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition (6ED)
- Released
- 1999-04-21
- Collector number
- 186
- Artist
- Scott Kirschner
- Commander rank
- 3,345 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Goblin Recruiter
Goblin Recruiter is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red creature from Classic Sixth Edition (6ED), a core set released in April 1999. It is collector number 186 in that set, with art by Scott Kirschner. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It is banned in Legacy and Premodern. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Visions (1997) to Mystery Booster 2 (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $6.85 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature enters, search your library for any number of Goblin cards, reveal them, then shuffle and put those cards on top in any order.
"Next!"
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $6.85 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Goblin Recruiter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Banned |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Premodern | Banned |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Goblin Recruiter
Goblin Recruiter has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #193 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1313 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1313★ | Rare | 2023 |
| Anthologies (ATH) #38 | Uncommon | 1998 |
| Visions (VIS) #80 | Uncommon | 1997 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Goblin Recruiter.
- You can search for any card with the creature type Goblin, including creature or kindred cards. Older cards of type "Summon Goblin" and "Summon Goblins" also count. You can't search for cards that have Goblin in the name but don't have the creature type Goblin.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.