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Gargos, Vicious Watcher
LEGENDARY CREATURE — HYDRA

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

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.
CMC
6
Set
M20
Rarity
rare
Price
$1.21
FORMATS
CommanderSTAPLE 0.2%
Brawl (Historic)LEGAL
DraftNOT LEGAL
StandardNOT LEGAL
ModernLEGAL
PioneerLEGAL
REMINDER TEXT · 2
  • WOTC Official Reminder Textofficial rules
    Vigilance — Attacking doesn't cause this creature to tap.
  • WOTC Official Reminder Textofficial rules
    Fight — Each of those creatures deals damage equal to its power to the other.
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  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    Gargos's cost-reduction ability applies only while it's on the battlefield. Gargos doesn't reduce its own cost.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    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 .
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    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.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    Gargos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
  • WWizards of the Coast2019-07-12
    Official Ruling
    Gargos's controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.

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