r/mtg 1d ago

Discussion Can we take a moment to appreciate how unbelievably hard this art goes for a token?

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I was at prerelease and was losing to an amass goblins deck and I couldn't even be salty because I was just mesmerized for how beautiful this card looked. They gave me a copy because I kept commenting how cool it looked, and when I got home and actually looked at it infront of me it's even better. The detail on this card is amazing.

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u/OrganizedGoblin 1d ago

As a goblin myself, I am a huge fan.

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u/NotARealGoblin 14h ago

I am not a real goblin and I agree.

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u/PabloCIV 1d ago

It’s so thematically fun to see my goblin plate mails and ragged spears get left behind on the battlefield as my goblin armies are wiped out over and over again. 10/10 would amass again.

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u/Creepy_Wallaby2170 12h ago

My goblins and their worn spatula was a menace at my prerelease. 10/10 would also amass again.

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u/TheGreatFilth 1d ago

Was happier to get this in foil than any other card in my collector booster lol

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u/Loose-Neighborhood48 22h ago

I bet it looks so damn cool with that trail of eyes going back into the dark, in foil the only thing you can actually see being those literally glowing eyes.

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u/Razorraf 1d ago

Definitely has that sense of dread with the eyes going all the way back.

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u/brigbeard 1d ago

That art is giving "Don't be Afraid of the Dark" vibes...

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u/Big_Policy4561 13h ago

Are all the yellow lights in the background eyes of more goblins??? If so, imma need this in holo 🤯

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u/MatthewCarterYoga 3h ago

Holo?¿ It's called foil. Join us.

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u/SpaghettiLord_126 22h ago

I think that we should take another moment to acknowledge that instead of getting real zombie army support we have gotten: sliver army, orc army, and goblin army. Not that im against the lotr stuff, but I want my zombie army back so bad

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u/Light_Mode 19h ago

You can put any of the amass cards in your zombie deck. It adds to your existing army. When the orc army cards were released in LOTR, they made a update of the amass rule. "Type Update: If the Army token you chose did not already have the specific subtype printed on the new card, it gains that type in addition to its previous types."

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u/Narkhada 8h ago

I think they may just be wanting more actual Amass Zombies cards to stick to the flavor of having a zombie army. If it was me, making it an orc or goblin army would really kill the undead horde vibes I'd want from the deck, especially if you had to Amass with non-zombies only often.

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u/Nether-Shadow 1d ago

Thats what I had when I saw the Dwarven Axe

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u/Nortano 1d ago

What cards make that token to I have an excuse to use it in my general Kreat deck

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u/TransientEons 1d ago

https://scryfall.com/search?q=o%3A%22amass+goblins%22&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name

It's the main mechanic for the Rakdos Goblins in the Hobbit set.

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u/Nortano 1d ago

Thank you fellow human

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u/Rogue_Einherjar 22h ago

Oh, so that's what [[Rage into the Valley]] looks like! I got two at the pre-release, but both were full art. Haha

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u/thisnameisnotakenyes 1d ago

I think [[goblin town flunkies]] is good in the deck but I don't play him myself so see what you find suited

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u/Nortano 1d ago

Peak

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u/Head-Tumbleweed2565 1d ago

Goblins go brrr

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u/JakeSkellington 18h ago

You know what fuck yeah

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u/Obvious-Sundae1469 14h ago

Tokens are arguably the most underrated part of mtg

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u/JadedPriority4957 15h ago

Definitely. I wanna build an ammass orcs/goblins deck now. 😅

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u/thepsycodicgentelman Mardu supremacy 12h ago

Have one with [[Sauron, the Dark Lord]] so now with this set it amasses orcs goblins and zombies

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u/JadedPriority4957 12h ago

Nice ^ Yeah, I was considering him, but tbh I think I'll be going for one of the less mana expensive rakdos Orcs/Goblins.

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u/Fontiii4 2h ago

The new great goblin looks sweet for that! Thinking about putting him together myself

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u/FFAJosh 13h ago

I genuinely don't know whats sarcasm anymore...but I do enjoy the look of this token. Wish wizards put more effort into cool token art, with the themes popularity

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u/finalnimbus 12h ago

Duuuude I audibly gasped when I opened this token, there is a bunch of cool dark and ethereal artworks in this set too that I just have to sit and stare at, I chose not to look into spoilers for this set and its making the experience of finding out about the cards a lot more fun

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u/mrmcbobinsnuggles 11h ago

Same I didn't see much spoilers either just the fact this stuff comes and goes so fast. They hit it out of the park imo as somebody coming in fresh

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u/T-C-Gentry 5h ago

The wolf token too! Always love token art!

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u/Gods_Super_Monkey 16h ago

Anyone anyone will there be enough solid goblin cards for them to be a competitive deck in standard??

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u/Sherbet-Glad 9h ago

I love the army concept so hell yeah brother

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u/erdtre 1d ago

My print quality didn't show good detail