Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

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Brawl Legal
Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Explorer Legal
Gladiator Legal
Historic Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Penny Legal
Pioneer Legal
Timeless Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Secret Lair Drop
Card Type Legendary Creature — Hydra
Rarity   Rare  
Mana Cost
Card Stats   8 /   7
Card Text Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Card Number #1329
Artist CatDirty
Subtypes Hydra
Keywords Fight , Vigilance
Supertypes Legendary
Card Languages English
Frame Version 2015
Border Color Borderless
EDHREC Rank 3404
EDHREC Saltiness 0.6
Has Foil? Yes
Reprint? Yes
Is Promo? No
Release Date 2023-12-08
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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Card Rulings

2019-07-12

Gargos's controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.

2019-07-12

Gargos's cost-reduction ability affects only generic mana in a Hydra's cost. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost , it will cost to cast, not .

2019-07-12

Gargos's cost-reduction ability applies only while it's on the battlefield. Gargos doesn't reduce its own cost.

2019-07-12

Gargos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

2019-07-12

If a spell has in its mana cost, you choose the value for X before applying cost reductions. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost and choose for X to be 6, you pay . Any of that Hydra's abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.

2019-07-12

If a spell targets one creature you control multiple times, Gargos's ability triggers once. If that spell targets multiple creatures you control, Gargos's ability triggers once for each of those creatures.

2019-07-12

If the target creature is an illegal target when Gargos's last ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If Gargos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.

2019-07-12

To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Gargos). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.