Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll
Legendary Creature — Gnoll
Pack tactics — Whenever Targ Nar attacks, if you attacked with creatures with total power 6 or greater this combat, attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
: Double Targ Nar's power and toughness until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #18021
Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll pumps your whole board every time you attack with a creature that already has a +1/+1 counter on it — a continuous, stackable effect that snowballs fast in counter-heavy strategies. The cost is that it does nothing without a counter engine already running, making it a role-player rather than an engine, though it pairs cleanly with Mayael's Aria for a Timmy-sized payoff.
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 |
Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll is essentially a Commander card — it needs a critical mass of creatures with counters to matter, and that density only exists in the 99 or as your general. In Modern and Pioneer it's legal but competes with faster, more self-contained payoffs that don't require a board state to function. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana 3/3 with conditional upside when those formats end games before combat math matters. Commander is the correct home: redundant counter engines, wide boards, and multiple combat steps across longer games let Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll generate repeatable, game-warping advantages that would be impossible to replicate in a sixty-card context.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Targ Nar, Demon-Fang Gnoll is deep bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow build-around requirements rarely climb unless a new counter-synergy commander spikes interest, so treat this as a cheap include today with no expectation of it appreciating.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mayael's Aria
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.