Great Ugly-Looking Goblin (Showcase, Surge Foil) from The Hobbit (HOB) #259, Surge Foil, Magic: The Gathering card

Card text

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Amass Goblins 2. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

BlackUncommonCreatureShowcase · Surge Foil

Great Ugly-Looking GoblinShowcase · Surge Foil

Creature — Goblin Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure

The Hobbit (HOB) · 259

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Colour identityBlack

Mana cost

{5}{B} // {1}{B}

Power / toughness

4/4

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Card text

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Amass Goblins 2. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

Format legality

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlLegal
OathbreakerLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyNot legal

About Great Ugly-Looking Goblin

This page covers the borderless printing of Great Ugly-Looking Goblin (259), a Black Creature — Goblin Soldier // Sorcery — Adventure from The Hobbit (HOB). It is printed at Uncommon rarity. The one keyword in its text is Amass. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern and Legacy and 6 more formats.

We track no other printing of 259 in this set, so there is no base card here to compare its price with.

The Hobbit is a main expansion, released August 2026.

Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) // Amass Goblins 2. (Then exile this card. You may cast the creature later from exile.)

[Amass]

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