Goat
Goat is a creature type used for cards that depict various hollow-horned, bearded ruminant mammals living in mountainous areas and their domesticated relatives that are raised for wool, milk, and meat.
History[edit]
The first creature to bear the type was the red <c>Mountain Goat</c> in Ice Age. It was then redone in Portal Three Kingdoms as <c>Zodiac Goat</c> a couple of years later.
When Lorwyn was released, it featured the changeling mechanic. It also featured <c>Goatnapper</c>, but no Goat cards. The joke was that because of Mountain Goat and Zodiac Goat, Goat was a supported creature type, so Goatnapper affected all the creatures with changeling.[1] With the Grand Creature Type Update, four previous Beasts were erratad to Goat Beasts, bringing the total to six Goats. Later in the block, Eventide featured <c>Springjack Shepherd</c>, which made 0/1 Goat tokens. Since then, 0/1 white creature tokens started appearing as Goats.
Sixteen years after the last printed Goat, <c>Pathbreaker Ibex</c> made Goat an occasional creature type, taking it out of mono-red and into green and white.
Storyline[edit]
Dominaria[edit]
From Dominaria several Goat Beasts are known. The <c>Wild Colos</c> from Keld is sometimes used as a steed, but can only be trained as a young animal. Colos meat tastes gamey but is good for sausage.[2]
The <c>Crested Craghorn</c> is indigenous to Otaria. It is said that Craghorns experience a wide range of emotions: "rage, fury, anger . . .". Their skeletons can be found all over Skirk Ridge, tangled in each other's horns.
Lorwyn[edit]
Springjacks are small grazing animals native to the plane of Lorwyn.[3] They have slightly curving horns, shaggy wool, and four-clawed paws. Kithkin keep springjacks for use as mounts, as well as for their milk, mutton, and wool.[4] Those who tend flocks of springjacks are known as jackherds. Goblin <c title="Goatnappers">Goatnapper</c> steal Kith goats for practice. The real prize, of course, is a giant's giant winged <c title="Cloudgoat">Cloudgoat Ranger</c>.[5] They are celebrated by the plane's Kithkin every year at the Springjack Festival, which includes a lifting competition, where the stoutest kithkin try to lift ever-increasing weights of springjack; a joust, a crowd-pleasing show of determination where each kith's jacksmanship is put to the test; and the Springjack Reel, a lively, twisting dance symbolic of the story of Talbin Beel, the first kithkin ever to tame a springjack.
Tarkir[edit]
The Abzan Houses of Tarkir use large Ibex (wild goats) as mounts and draught animals. They also provide good wool.[6]
Trivia[edit]
- <c>Animal Sanctuary</c> is a land that can put +1/+1 counters on goats.
Tokens[edit]
Tokens marked with File:A.svg are created by Acorn cards. Template:Goat tokens
See also[edit]
Gallery[edit]
- Springjack.jpg
Kithkin knight riding a springjack. Art by Wayne Reynolds.
References[edit]
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 13, 2020). "To the Death". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Scott McGough (2006), "Time Spiral", Wizards of the Coast
- ↑ Magic Arcana (November 8, 2007). "Springjack Sketches". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ The Book of Kith and Kin (archived)
- ↑ Doug Beyer (October 31, 2007). "Lorwyn Survival Guide". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Kate Elliott (July 11, 2018). "Chronicle of Bolas: Whispers of Treachery". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.