Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Commanders that run Gargos, Vicious Watcher most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Zaxara, the Exemplary: 12,068 decks
• Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin: 1,675 decks
• Progenitus: 1,188 decks
• Neyith of the Dire Hunt: 743 decks
• The Goose Mother: 726 decks
• Rosheen Meanderer: 386 decks
• Legolas, Master Archer: 373 decks
• Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager: 200 decks

Often played with Gargos, Vicious Watcher

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Polukranos Reborn
• Gyrus, Waker of Corpses
• Phytohydra
• Savageborn Hydra
• Vastwood Hydra
• Apocalypse Hydra
• Protean Hydra
• Capricopian
• Mistcutter Hydra
• Wren's Run Hydra

Rulings

• 2019-07-12: Gargos's cost-reduction ability affects only generic mana in a Hydra's cost. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost {2}{G}{G}{G}, it will cost {G}{G}{G} to cast, not {G}.
• 2019-07-12: If the target creature is an illegal target when Gargos's last ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. If Gargos is no longer on the battlefield, the target creature won't deal or be dealt damage.
• 2019-07-12: To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Gargos). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
• 2019-07-12: If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you choose the value for X before applying cost reductions. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost {X}{G}{G} and choose for X to be 6, you pay {2}{G}{G}. Any of that Hydra's abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.
• 2019-07-12: Gargos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
• 2019-07-12: Gargos's controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.
• 2019-07-12: Gargos's cost-reduction ability applies only while it's on the battlefield. Gargos doesn't reduce its own cost.
• 2019-07-12: If a spell targets one creature you control multiple times, Gargos's ability triggers once. If that spell targets multiple creatures you control, Gargos's ability triggers once for each of those creatures.