Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Legendary Creature — Hydra

Mana cost: {3}{G}{G}{G}

How we read this card

Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost {4} less to cast.

static — costs 4 less

Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.

triggered —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a Hydra creature it makes cheaper to cast, a Hydra artifact it makes cheaper to cast, a Hydra enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a Hydra planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, a Hydra instant it makes cheaper to cast, a Hydra sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a Hydra battle it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature deals noncombat damage — 1,420 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher deals noncombat damage:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Tandem Lookout — draws you 1 card
  3. Armadillo Cloak — gains you that much life
  4. Vampiric Link — gains you that much life
  5. Spirit Loop — gains you that much life
  6. Spirit Link — gains you that much life
  7. Guilty Conscience — deals that much damage
  8. Visions of Brutality — makes a player lose life equal to that much
  9. Arm with Aether — triggers

12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

113 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher attacks:

  1. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  2. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  9. Path of Mettle // Metzali, Tower of Triumph — triggers

184 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

26 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

314 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Gargos is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Gargos, Vicious Watcher enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

42 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.