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Fetid Gargantua

Creature — Horror

{2}{B}: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, you may draw two cards. If you do, you lose 2 life.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Horizons 3
Price
$0.17
EDHREC rank
#14237
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Fetid Gargantua card art
Fetid Gargantua enters the battlefield and immediately drains each opponent for 2 while drawing you two cards — that's a 6-point life swing and two fresh cards stapled to a 3/4 body for six mana. The cost is real: six mana is a lot to ask in 2025, and Wizard Class or similar level-up payoffs are the main reason to reach for it outside dedicated sacrifice or drain strategies.

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Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

14.4% of decks · synergy 0.14

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest rewards every sacrifice trigger with a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control, so Fetid Gargantua pulling double duty as a drain piece and a sacrifice-loop body fits the engine cleanly — you're not just drawing cards, you're fueling the counters-on-everything payoff Mazirek demands.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Fetid Gargantua actually sees play — three opponents means six life drained and six cards drawn if you have a way to blink or recur it, which is a meaningful swing in a longer game. In Pauper, the card is legal but six mana for a 3/4 drain-two is well above the format's curve and sees no competitive play. Legacy and Vintage have the card legal but will never touch it; the rate is irrelevant in formats where efficiency is measured in two-mana haymakers. Fetid Gargantua is a Commander card through and through, and even there it's a role-player in specific sacrifice or drain shells rather than a staple.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.17 bulk tier

At $0.17, Fetid Gargantua is deep bulk — you're paying a dime or two for a card with narrow applications, and that price is unlikely to move without a sudden spike in sacrifice-drain Commander builds. Pick it up freely if the deck calls for it; don't expect it to appreciate.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.