edhseer Commander synergy, explained

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 we read on this card

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 — 616 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

  1. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Gargos, Vicious Watcher onto the battlefield from your library

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 432 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

  1. Talon of Pain — When Gargos, Vicious Watcher deals noncombat damage, Talon of Pain puts a charge counter on itself

a creature attacks — 3,620 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. The Earth King — searches a library
  3. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  4. Fractal Harness — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  7. Moonsilver Spear — makes a token
  8. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 3,620 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Hazardroot Herbalist — gives +1/+0
  3. Ranger Class — puts a counter on a creature
  4. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  5. Hunter's Talent — gives +1/+0
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  8. Twins of Discord — triggers
  9. Cosmic Cube — triggers
  10. Doom's Time Platform — exiles a card from your graveyard

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

a creature blocks — 3,620 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  3. Gift of the Woods — gives +0/+3
  4. Noxious Assault — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Ferocity — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Mammoth Harness — grants first strike
  7. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature is cast — 3,640 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  3. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  4. Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable — makes a token
  5. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card
  6. Masked Admirers — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Primordial Sage — draws you 1 card
  8. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  9. Beast Whisperer — draws you 1 card
  10. Silverback Elder — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher enters:

  1. Dual Nature — makes a token
  2. Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
  3. Soul of the Harvest — draws you 1 card
  4. Surrak and Goreclaw — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder — puts a counter on a creature
  6. Radagast the Brown — searches a library
  7. Minion Reflector — makes a token
  8. The Great Henge — puts a counter on a permanent
  9. Warden of the Grove — triggers
  10. Life Finds a Way — triggers

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

a creature is dealt damage — 3,835 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

  1. Druid's Call — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Gargos, Vicious Watcher, Druid's Call makes that many tokens
  2. Rite of Passage — When Gargos, Vicious Watcher is dealt damage, Rite of Passage puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Sprouting Phytohydra — When Sprouting Phytohydra is dealt damage thanks to Gargos, Vicious Watcher, it makes a token
  4. Hungering Hydra — When Hungering Hydra is dealt damage thanks to Gargos, Vicious Watcher, it puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Hot Soup — When Gargos, Vicious Watcher is dealt damage, Hot Soup kills a creature
  6. Mortal Wound — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Gargos, Vicious Watcher, Mortal Wound kills a creature

a creature enters the battlefield — 4,064 cards in Gargos's colors can cause this (Gargos is one).

When Gargos, Vicious Watcher enters:

  1. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Paleoloth — brings a card back
  3. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  4. Bloodline Pretender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

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