Hobgoblin Dragoon
Creature — Goblin Knight
Flying, first strike
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28711
Hobgoblin Dragoon is a two-mana 1/2 with flying and first strike — a reasonable evasive blocker that occasionally trades up against bigger fliers. It's a fine Limited filler card and nothing more; in constructed formats it competes with a much higher bar.
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 |
Hobgoblin Dragoon is a bulk common that finds its ceiling in Pauper, where first strike plus flying on a cheap body can matter in aggressive or tempo-based red-white builds. In Commander, a 1/2 for two is well below the rate needed to justify a slot — the format demands either a strong enters-the-battlefield effect or a combo role, and Hobgoblin Dragoon provides neither. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters; the card is simply outclassed by every relevant threat and tempo piece in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Hobgoblin Dragoon sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move. Casual players and Pauper brewers can pick up copies without a second thought — there's no financial risk here, just don't expect the price to do anything interesting.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.