Pitiless Gorgon
Creature — Gorgon
Deathtouch
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #20299
Pitiless Gorgon is a three-mana 2/4 with deathtouch and menace — two creatures must block it, and either one dies to the touch. The cost is a three-color pip (B/G, B/G, B) that locks it out of mono-color shells and demands a multicolor mana base.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pitiless Gorgon earns a slot in Gorgon tribal builds and any deathtouch-matters deck that wants a body opponents genuinely don't want to block. Pauper is its best competitive home — deathtouch plus menace is a real two-for-one threat at common rarity, and the hybrid cost gives it surprising splash potential in Golgari and Jund shells. In Modern and Pioneer it's simply outclassed; three mana for a 2/4 with no ETB value doesn't meet the bar those formats set. Legacy and Vintage won't touch it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Pitiless Gorgon is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. It holds no monetary value and never will, but that's irrelevant: if the effect fits your deck, the cost to find out is negligible.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.