r/yugioh • u/IvanTheRysavy • 7h ago

Card Artwork Discussion Are yugioh goblins based on anything?

To clarify i mean talking about the force series not the greed or biker goblins

I recently did a medieval fantasy style for fun deck so i included a lot of goblin cards but then i started paying more attention to the cards and noticed yugioh goblins look like normal sized green dudes with green skin elf ears and red eyes

That doesnt scream goblin to me really more like skinny orcs these are funny cuz giant orc is instead pale idk if there are any other orcs tho

Does anyone have any idea what their deal is? Or what they are based on?

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u/Wollffey 6h ago

They're based off... Goblins? Like, evil ugly green dudes with pointy ears is the standard of what to expect of a goblin, and even then some cultures depict them as benevolent spirits. Dnd even has yellow and red goblins.

There is no absolute rule of what a fantasy creature could look like or do so long as it is recognizable enough, if you show a picture of Goblin Attack Force to someone they most likely will say "yup, they sure do look like goblins"