Rise of the Hobgoblins
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.91 € · ★ 5.50 € · 4.12 $ · ★ 7.79 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- White Red
Card text
When this enchantment enters, you may pay . If you do, create X 1/1 red and white Goblin Soldier creature tokens. : Red creatures and white creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jeff Miracola
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2008-07-25
Flavour text
A river even the merrow dare not cross.
Rulings
When the "enters" ability resolves, you choose the value of X, pay for it, and put the tokens onto the battlefield. You can activate mana abilities to pay for , but no one can cast spells or activate abilities in response to this choice.