Trench Gorger

Mana cost: {6}{U}{U}
Type: Creature — Leviathan
Power / toughness: 6 / 6
Set: Commander 2011 #65 (rare)
Price: $2.71 USD

Trample
When this creature enters, you may search your library for any number of land cards, exile them, then shuffle. If you do, this creature has base power and base toughness each equal to the number of cards exiled this way.

Trench Gorger has 2 printings, first in Commander 2011 (2011). EDHREC ranks it #17,541 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kenessos, Priest of Thassa decks (1,174 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 4 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: not legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: not legal

Public decks that run Trench Gorger

Mirror Mastery - Commander 2011, led by Riku of Two Reflections

Commanders that run Trench Gorger most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa: 1,174 decks

Often played with Trench Gorger

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2011-09-22: While Trench Gorger’s ability is on the stack, it’s on the battlefield as a 6/6.
2011-09-22: If Trench Gorger leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, you may still search your library.
2011-09-22: After the ability resolves, Trench Gorger’s power and toughness won’t change if one of the exiled cards leaves exile.
2011-09-22: If you choose not to search, Trench Gorger will simply be 6/6.