Tower Gargoyle
Artifact Creature — Gargoyle
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27131
Tower Gargoyle puts a 4/4 flier with vigilance on the board for four mana — that's a reasonable rate for aggressive Esper strategies that want air presence and can hold up blockers simultaneously. The triple-hybrid cost is the catch: it demands a genuinely three-color mana base to cast consistently on curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tower Gargoyle is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 4/4 flier for four is baseline acceptable, but the format's power ceiling is high enough that Tower Gargoyle rarely makes the cut outside of strict budget or hybrid-cost tribal builds. In Legacy and Vintage, it has never been competitive — the card pool offers far more efficient threats. Modern is technically legal but the card doesn't appear in any meaningful lists there either.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Tower Gargoyle is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box or a bulk lot, not a singles order. There's no demand pressure that would move this card, so expect it to stay at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.