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Elder Gargaroth

Elder Gargaroth

Creature — Beast

mythic

Reach, vigilance, trample Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, choose one — • Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token. • You gain 3 life. • Draw a card.

6/6

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Semantic Tags

Attack Triggersmechanical

Benefits from attacking — attack triggers, combat damage triggers, exalted.

Cantripmechanical

A spell that replaces itself by drawing a card as part of its resolution.

Card Drawmechanical

Puts additional cards into your hand. Includes direct draw, 'look/reveal and put into hand' effects, and conditional draw triggers.

Defensivemechanical

Suited for blocking and defense. Includes defender, reach, vigilance, and cards that incentivize blocking.

Life Gainmechanical

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Permanentmechanical

A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”

Reachmechanical

A keyword ability that allows a creature to block an attacking creature with flying. See rule 702.17, “Reach.” See also Flying.

Creates creature tokens, Treasure tokens, Food tokens, Clue tokens, or other token types.

Tramplemechanical

A keyword ability that modifies how a creature assigns combat damage. See rule 702.19, “Trample.”

Vigilancemechanical

A keyword ability that lets a creature attack without tapping. See rule 702.20, “Vigilance.”

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneerlegal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
paupernot legal
historiclegal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (6)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Aetherdrift Commander#111mythic···
Magic Online Promos#81994mythic···
Core Set 2021#373mythic···
Core Set 2021#179mythic···
Core Set 2021 Promos#179pmythic···
Core Set 2021 Promos#179smythic···

Related Concepts

Reach

A keyword ability that allows a creature to block an attacking creature with flying. See rule 702.17, “Reach.” See also Flying.

Trample

A keyword ability that modifies how a creature assigns combat damage. See rule 702.19, “Trample.”

Vigilance

A keyword ability that lets a creature attack without tapping. See rule 702.20, “Vigilance.”

Related Rules

106.5

If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.

106.7

Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.

106.12

To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”

106.12a

An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.

106.12b

A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.

107.3m

If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.

107.5

The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.

107.6

The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.

Rulings

2020-06-23

If you create a Beast token, that token can't attack or block during the same combat, even if it gains haste.

2020-06-23

Players can cast spells after Elder Gargaroth's triggered ability has resolved but before blockers are declared (if it's attacking) or before combat damage is dealt (if it's blocking).