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Gargos, Vicious Watcher

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Green. Legendary Creature — Hydra

three generic manaone green manaone green manaone green mana

172 · M20 · R · ENWhat the codes mean

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Core Set 2020 #172 · Illustrated by Mathias Kollros

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Foil · Core Set 2020 #172

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Poster foil · Secret Lair Drop #1329

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Oracle text

Vigilance

Hydra spells you cast cost four generic mana 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.

8/7

All 5 printings of Gargos, Vicious Watcher

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Secret Lair Drop #1329
Secret Lair Drop
sld #1329· 2023PosterBorderlessrare· Cardmarket €4.16 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$8.79€4.16 foil
Core Set 2020 Promos #172
Core Set 2020 Promos
pm20 #172· 2020Promorare· Cardmarket €3.64 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$1.09€3.64 foil
Core Set 2020 Promos #172p
Core Set 2020 Promos
pm20 #172p· 2019Promorare· Cardmarket €1.48 · €1.03 foil
rare$1.62$1.31€1.48€1.03 foil
Core Set 2020 Promos #172s
Core Set 2020 Promos
pm20 #172s· 2019Promorare· Cardmarket €5.17 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$3.66€5.17 foil

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Card details

First printed
2019
Printings
5
Mana value
6
EDHREC rank
#4,300 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Vigilance, Fight
Artists
CatDirty, Mathias Kollros

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Core Set 2020 card (#172).

172 · M20 · R · EN

  • 172Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
  • M20Set code for Core Set 2020
  • RRare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Rulings (8)

  1. 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 two generic manaone green manaone green manaone green mana, it will cost one green manaone green manaone green mana to cast, not one green mana.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 2019-07-12

    If a spell has X generic mana 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 X generic manaone green manaone green mana and choose for X to be 6, you pay two generic manaone green manaone green mana. Any of that Hydra's abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.

  5. 2019-07-12

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

  6. 2019-07-12

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

  7. 2019-07-12

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

  8. 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.

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