Gorm the Great
Legendary Creature — Giant Warrior
Partner with Virtus the Veiled (When this creature enters, target player may put Virtus into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Vigilance
Gorm must be blocked if able, and Gorm must be blocked by two or more creatures if able.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Battlebond Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #14331
Gorm the Great forces your opponents to block it every combat while making all your other creatures unblockable — that's a backbreaking two-for-one on offense that snowballs fast. The catch is a five-mana 4/6 body needs a payoff, and Gorm the Great is specifically built around General Marhault Elsdragon's rampage mechanic to cash in on all those forced blocks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Marhault Elsdragon
General Marhault Elsdragon has rampage 2, meaning every blocker assigned to it pumps it +2/+2 — and Gorm the Great guarantees every other attacker gets through unblocked, so you point Marhault into a stacked board and watch it grow to lethal size while the rest of your team deals unchecked damage.
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 |
Gorm the Great is a Commander card through and through — its design is explicitly a partner-with piece built for the 100-card singleton format, and that's where it sees essentially all of its play. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no competitive home; five mana for a 4/6 with a niche combat ability doesn't clear the bar in formats where games end much earlier. Commander is the only context where the forced-block clause generates real value, especially helming or supporting aggressive Gruul builds that want to push damage through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Gorm the Great at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market prices. Given its narrow application as a partner commander, it typically sits in budget territory and is worth picking up if you're building around General Marhault Elsdragon.
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Sources
Mentioned
- General Marhault Elsdragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.