Thraben Gargoyle // Stonewing Antagonizer
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle // Artifact Creature — Gargoyle Horror
Defender
: Transform this creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #21317
Thraben Gargoyle // Stonewing Antagonizer is a double-faced card that starts as a cheap 1/3 wall with flying upside and flips into a 3/4 flier that punishes opponents for gaining life — but neither face is doing anything a more focused card couldn't do better. The cost to transform is real, and the payoff rarely justifies the slot.
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 |
Thraben Gargoyle // Stonewing Antagonizer sees essentially no competitive play across any format it's legal in. In Modern and Pioneer, a 1/3 defender for one mana with a conditional transform isn't competing with the efficiency those formats demand. In Commander, the life-loss trigger on Stonewing Antagonizer is too slow and too conditional — opponents gain life constantly in 100-card games, but a 3/4 flier with occasional drain isn't a win condition. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this effect at any cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Thraben Gargoyle // Stonewing Antagonizer is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. There's no trajectory here that changes that; it gets picked out of bulk boxes and stays there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.