---
name: "Festering Goblin"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Goblin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "9ED"
set_name: "Ninth Edition"
collector_number: "130"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Thomas M. Baxa"
oracle_id: "66fb4764-d309-4c30-a2a4-474f9030dc87"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festering-goblin-9ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Festering Goblin
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Goblin
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

> *In life, it was a fetid, disease-ridden thing. In death, not much changed.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shambling Goblin](/printing/shambling-goblin-cn2.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin
2. [Grim Physician](/printing/grim-physician-thb.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Splatter Goblin](/printing/splatter-goblin-dmu.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Goblin
4. [Front Porch Sentries](/printing/front-porch-sentries-hob.md) — Creature — Goblin Soldier
5. [Festering Mummy](/printing/festering-mummy-akr.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Hornet Harasser](/printing/hornet-harasser-lrw.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ninth Edition (9ED) #130
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Thomas M. Baxa
- **Total Printings:** 48 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`