Territorial Gorger
Creature — Gremlin
Trample
Whenever you get one or more 
(energy counters), this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaladesh Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23161
Territorial Gorger turns any energy-generating permanent into a repeatable pump engine, threatening to close games the moment your energy economy is running. The cost is real — it does nothing without a dedicated energy infrastructure, so it belongs only in decks built around that resource.
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 |
Territorial Gorger is a Commander card — energy as a persistent resource is most exploitable in a 100-card singleton format where dedicated payoffs and generators coexist across many turns. In Modern and Pioneer, energy decks exist but Territorial Gorger competes with faster, more self-contained threats and rarely makes those cuts. Legacy and Vintage have the card legal but no meaningful energy infrastructure, so it simply never shows up. Commander is where Territorial Gorger earns its slot, specifically in energy-themed builds where it acts as a scalable, repeatable finisher.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Territorial Gorger isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. It's a build-around with a narrow home, which typically keeps ceiling prices modest outside of spike demand from a new energy-themed commander release.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.