Noxious Gearhulk
Artifact Creature — Construct
Menace
When this creature enters, you may destroy another target creature. If a creature is destroyed this way, you gain life equal to its toughness.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Kaladesh Promos
- Price
- $4.43
- EDHREC rank
- #950
Noxious Gearhulk enters, destroys a creature, and gains you life equal to that creature's toughness — all on a 5/4 menace body for six mana. That's three meaningful things stapled together, which is why it sees play well beyond the niche homes like Outrider en-Kor or Dr. Eggman that lean into specific synergies. Six mana is real, but the immediate board impact makes it one of the cleaner value plays in black.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dr. Eggman
Dr. Eggman converts artifacts-matter into a value engine, and Noxious Gearhulk is an artifact creature that generates an immediate ETB trigger — destroy plus life gain — before Eggman ever has to blink it or copy it.
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Winter, Cynical Opportunist rewards repeated enters-the-battlefield triggers, and Noxious Gearhulk's destroy-on-entry effect means every flicker or reanimate generates removal on demand.
Megatron, Tyrant
Megatron, Tyrant cares about artifact creatures with outsized stats and ETB value, and Noxious Gearhulk checks both boxes — a six-mana artifact that immediately answers a threat slots cleanly into that gameplan.
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist sacrifices artifacts for value, and Noxious Gearhulk is a high-toughness artifact creature whose ETB already paid for itself before it hits the sac outlet.
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre discounts large creatures and rewards blitz, and Noxious Gearhulk at reduced cost — with a guaranteed destroy trigger — is exactly the kind of threat-plus-answer that Torre's toolbox wants access to.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Noxious Gearhulk does its best work — six mana is manageable in a format with abundant ramp, and the guaranteed removal trigger is significantly more valuable when a single threat can dominate a table. In Modern and Pioneer, it's legal but barely played; sorcery-speed six-mana removal doesn't compete when the format is full of cheaper interaction and faster clocks. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have no reason to run it when those formats demand far more efficiency. Noxious Gearhulk is a Commander card through and through, and its inclusion rates there reflect that clearly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.43 cheap tier
At $4.43, Noxious Gearhulk sits at a price that reflects exactly what it is: a solid, frequently reprinted value piece with a broad audience. It's cheap enough to slot into any black deck without hesitation, and repeated reprints have kept the ceiling low — don't expect the price to climb significantly while it remains this available.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Outrider en-Kor
- Dr. Eggman
- Winter, Cynical Opportunist
- Megatron, Tyrant
- Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
- Task Force
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.