Gangrenous Goliath
Creature — Zombie Giant
Tap three untapped Clerics you control: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #30350
Gangrenous Goliath enters as a 5/4 and immediately kills a creature or planeswalker with power 4 or less — removal stapled to a body, no spell slot required. The cost is six mana and a black-heavy pip requirement that limits it to dedicated mono-black or heavily black shells.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gangrenous Goliath is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it realistically sees play is Commander. In Legacy and Vintage, six mana is a game-ending investment on faster clocks, and purpose-built removal never costs that much. In Commander, the enters-the-battlefield trigger turns every reanimation spell, blink effect, and flicker into a removal spell, which is where Gangrenous Goliath earns its slot — the value compounds with repeat triggers in ways competitive formats simply don't support.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Gangrenous Goliath is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'll pay for it individually. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand floor to fall through, but no breakout spike coming either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.