Gargantuan Gorilla
Creature — Ape
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice a Forest. If you sacrifice a snow Forest this way, this creature gains trample until end of turn. If you don't sacrifice a Forest, sacrifice this creature and it deals 7 damage to you.
: This creature deals damage equal to its power to another target creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to this creature.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Masters Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26645
Gargantuan Gorilla is a seven-mana 7/7 with a serious catch: at the beginning of your upkeep, you sacrifice it unless you sacrifice another creature or a land. That cost makes it a liability in most contexts — the ceiling is a massive threat, but the floor is eating your own board.
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 |
Gargantuan Gorilla is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive presence in those formats is effectively zero. In Commander, the upkeep sacrifice clause is particularly punishing — you're either depleting your own resources every turn or losing a seven-drop the turn after you cast it. It could theoretically fit a deck that wants to sacrifice lands or creatures for value, but far more efficient options exist at that role. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a seven-mana vanilla threat with a downside.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Gargantuan Gorilla isn't currently available, but as a bulk rare with narrow application, it typically sits at or near floor value. It's not a card worth hunting down at a premium — if you want it for a pet build, pick it up cheap from a bulk bin.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.