Gargadon
Creature — Beast
Trample
Suspend 4—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with four time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #17347
Gargadon is a 9/7 trampler for three mana — the catch is that suspend and the ten time counters mean it won't attack until turn four at the earliest after you cast it. The payoff is real, but any deck running Gargadon needs a plan to use those ten suspend triggers, not just wait them out.
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 |
In Commander, Gargadon earns its slot in sacrifice-matters decks where the ten suspend counters double as fodder triggers for commanders like Prossh, Skyraider of Kher or Korvold, Fae-Cursed King — you're removing counters by pitching permanents, which means the card is doing work before it ever attacks. In Legacy and Vintage, Gargadon has a known role as a combo enabler alongside Goblin Bombardment and Bridge from Below, using the suspend window to sacrifice creatures at instant speed without paying a cost. Pauper is where the suspend-sacrifice line is most consistent, since cheap sacrifice payoffs are plentiful and a 9/7 trampler closes games fast at that power level. Modern sees it only in fringe builds; faster threats and graveyard hate make the setup too fragile for competitive tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Gargadon is deep bulk — a throwaway inclusion with zero financial risk. That price won't move unless a new combo piece pushes the suspend-sacrifice package into a mainstream format, which hasn't happened in years.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.