Goblin Champion
Creature — Goblin Warrior
Haste
Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #15896
Goblin Champion is a one-mana 1/1 with haste and mountainwalk — the floor for a Goblin slot in any competitive list. Run it only if you need the mountainwalk as a finisher condition; otherwise it loses the slot to any Goblin that generates value on entry.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Goblin Champion earns its slot almost exclusively under Krenko, Mob Boss or similar mass-token strategies where mountainwalk turns a flood of 1/1s into a lethal alpha strike against red players. In Legacy and Vintage, the Goblin tribe has enough one-drops that do more — Goblin Champion rarely makes the cut. Pauper Goblins is its most competitive home, where the mountainwalk angle is a real angle against the format's red decks and every pip of haste matters for racing.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Goblin Champion is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so treat it as a free inclusion or a free cut depending on whether mountainwalk is live in your meta.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.