Goblins in Modern Fiction - Magic: The Gathering

In the collectible trading card game, Magic: The Gathering, goblins are a very popular and potent creature type. They tend to be red aligned creatures that come in large numbers, love rocks and have little to no sense of self preservation. Most have low power and toughness. They are often a source of humour within the game (for example, the flavour text of the spell Shock reads "I love lightning! It’s my best invention since the rock", attributed to the goblin weaponsmith Toggo). Their popularity and effectiveness is such that they have received more attention at the cost of other red flavoured creatures, such as dwarves and orcs.

Though there is one generally accepted form of Goblin (see above) there have been many other breeds featured in the game; examples include the brutish Mogg, intelligent Kyren, mischievous Akki, mechanically inclined Krark-Clan, and sensationalist Boggart goblins of Magic:The Gathering. In Shards of Alara, goblins are ratlike creatures so frequently devoured by the dragons and other monsters of their homeland of Jund that they consider it their religious duty to be eaten. In the Zendikar expansion, the goblins, like many of the other races, are treasure hunters. In Ravnica: City of Guilds and Return to Ravnica, goblins are a significant minority of the population of the city-plane, and are found in a wide range of jobs and settings, including itinerant warriors and muscle for the chaotic Gruul and Rakdos clans and low-level wizards and wizards' assistants for the Izzet League.