Gargoyle Castle
Land
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, , Sacrifice this land: Create a 3/4 colorless Gargoyle artifact creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #13849
Gargoyle Castle gives you a free 5/5 flying creature stapled to a land — the only real cost is entering tapped and spending seven mana across multiple turns to crack it. In token and populate strategies it pulls well above its weight, and Ghired, Conclave Exile in particular loves the 5/5 body as populate fodder.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile wants the biggest token on the battlefield, and a 5/5 flier from Gargoyle Castle is exactly the kind of populate target that snowballs — every attack step can copy it for free.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gargoyle Castle is a low-risk inclusion in any deck that can spend seven mana on a threat over the course of a game — entering tapped is the only real friction, and a 5/5 flier is a meaningful body at any table. Legacy and Vintage can legally run it, but those formats have no patience for a land that spends seven activations producing a single creature, so it doesn't see play there. Modern is where Gargoyle Castle has the most theoretical upside outside Commander — midrange and control shells can use it as a threat that can't be Thoughtseized — but faster formats demand more from their lands and it remains fringe. It's fundamentally a Commander card: the 100-card singleton environment rewards lands that do something late, and seven mana over a long game is a trivial ask.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Gargoyle Castle is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. The price is stable; there's no scarcity pressure pushing it up, and its casual appeal keeps it from dropping further.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.