Opal Gargoyle
Enchantment
When an opponent casts a creature spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 2/2 Gargoyle creature with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #29376
Opal Gargoyle is a two-mana 2/2 flyer with a catch: it only becomes a creature if an opponent has cast a noncreature spell. That conditional is a real liability in Commander, where games frequently go wide with creatures before noncreature spells start flying.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Opal Gargoyle competes for a slot against unconditional two-mana flyers and loses most of the time — the enchantment-until-triggered design means it sits as a do-nothing permanent until an opponent obliges. Pauper is its most plausible home, where the common card pool is shallow enough that a conditional 2/2 flyer can still pull weight in white aggro or skies builds. Legacy and Vintage both have it legal, but neither format gives it a second look given the competition at the two-drop slot. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's problem: the format is fast and spell-dense enough that the trigger fires, but you'd rather have a threat that's online immediately.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Opal Gargoyle is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box and stays there. There's no demand pressure to move it, so expect it to hold right around this floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.