First-Sphere Gargantua
Creature — Phyrexian Horror
When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Unearth 
(: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #19406
First-Sphere Gargantua enters the battlefield and immediately replaces itself — you get a 4/3 menace body and draw a card, losing one life, all for six mana. The cost is real: six is a lot to ask in competitive mana economies, and this is bulk for a reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
First-Sphere Gargantua is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it sees the most legitimate consideration — six mana is steep even there, but black reanimator shells that want self-mill or cheap bodies may dabble. In Commander, the card draw and menace body are fine, but six mana for a 4/3 that draws one is below rate unless you're abusing enters-the-battlefield triggers or recursion loops with something like Tortured Existence. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the rate is nowhere near the format's bar. The sweet spot is budget Commander decks that need a curve-topper with built-in value and don't have access to stronger six-drops.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, First-Sphere Gargantua is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not tracking its price. It holds that floor indefinitely; there's no pressure driving it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.