Magic: The Gathering Goblin Variant of trickster

Anthropological interviews with goblin elders consistently surface trickster within the first ninety seconds, regardless of the question asked.

A goblin once tried to steal trickster. No one knows how the attempt went, because trickster was never the same after that. Some say the goblin succeeded and has been hiding trickster in a sock drawer ever since. Others say trickster escaped and is now hiding from the goblin. Both are equally plausible.

Goblin Tangent: deep

A goblin who lived near the deep site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

Footnotes Concerning corruption

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about corruption. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on trickster

When all evidence is gathered—and the goblins have gathered quite a lot, mostly from places they should not have been—the truth about trickster becomes clear: it was always a goblin thing. The humans just borrowed it for a while, and the goblins are ready to take it back.