---
name: "Hobgoblin Captain"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Goblin Barbarian"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Pack tactics"]
set: "AFR"
set_name: "Adventures in the Forgotten Realms"
collector_number: "148"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "4d92b3d3-d34b-430f-af6a-db512d204d06"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hobgoblin-captain-afr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Hobgoblin Captain
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Goblin Barbarian
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Pack tactics

## Oracle Text
Pack tactics — Whenever this creature attacks, if you attacked with creatures with total power 6 or greater this combat, this creature gains first strike until end of turn.

> *Hobgoblins fürchten den Tod nicht, denn jene, die in der Schlacht fallen, haben ewigen Ruhm erlangt.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Battle Cry Goblin](/printing/battle-cry-goblin-plst.md) — Creature — Goblin
2. [Akki Coalflinger](/printing/akki-coalflinger-plst.md) — Creature — Goblin Shaman
3. [Legion Loyalist](/printing/legion-loyalist-pio.md) — Creature — Goblin Soldier
4. [Goblin Brawler](/printing/goblin-brawler-5dn.md) — Creature — Goblin Warrior
5. [Riot Piker](/printing/riot-piker-dgm.md) — Creature — Goblin Berserker
6. [Goblin Striker](/printing/goblin-striker-mrd.md) — Creature — Goblin Berserker

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Adventures in the Forgotten Realms (AFR) #148
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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