Such a great card, though I'm not a huge fan of the art.
MrMonday
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Awesome abilities, a must in any Gorgon or Golgari deck.
Lord_of_Tresserhorn
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
This thing is really, really pushed. Likely will be far more expensive than Hythonia.
Murmeldjuret
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Not only does it have 3 utility effects, it's also above the curve! You don't even need the deathtouch for anything 4 toughness or lower.
Cyberium
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(4 votes)
I wanna say, Skullclamp, but that sounds a little too evil.
Alienblaster
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
A very solid card. I love it. I need a playset.
zzxyyzx
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Damned if they block, damned if they don't. Can't remove it if they have the mana up, only have to pray you have a 5-power guy to block her, which you'll end up losing and the other guy scrys 2. Very scary card. Looks like The Rock has some new toys.
Flyheight
★★★☆☆ (3.3/5.0)(3 votes)
My lovely little gorgon. Going make a deck for you and all your sisters.
Love this girl! It protects itself, has a sweet ability, and something to make sure that ability will be relevant. Solid stats as well.
Nucleon
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
This thing and Dark Prophecy could be quite the thing if put into the same deck. Think about it, you get to stack the triggers so you basically wind up with "whenever a creature you control dies, scry 1 and then draw a card", which is insane value after even a few triggers, or just this card's effect ***tail otherwise. The deathtouch and hexproof are fantastic, I eagerly hope to pull this. If it weren't for Thoughtseize in the set, I'd call this my personal chase rare.
pedrodyl
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There are a few more subtle tribal themes in Theros. Gorgons are one of them. What are the others?
Dabok
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A lot of you here have said interesting and/or accurate stuff that promotes the effectiveness of this creature.
I'm going to make a brief comment on what I think of this card. It's value. Value in a lot of the sense of the word. Casting cost/Power-Toughness ratio, a lot of abilities available, deck Manipulation, strong defender/killer, resistant to removal. VALUE
Purplerooster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dodges a great deal of common standard removal and is hard to take down.
James_Kernaghan
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Say there's a bunch of creatures on the board, and this, and then your opponent Supreme Verdicts you. She'll stack a billion scry triggers, so next turn you'll topdeck another threat. Wow.
NARFNra
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For when you want to use two Myr Retrivers and a sac engine as a tutor.
TheShadow344
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Plugged this into my Ghave, Guru of Spores EDH deck. It was not uncommon for me to be chaining multiple scry 1 triggers, especially in combination with Grave Pact / Martyr's Bond - I think the record was 10 or 11. Fixed my draws excellently.
CapmCrunch
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When I first saw this card I thought it cost 5 and that it was solid for Limited. Then I played with it and it scried through my entire deck ... twice. That extra toughness is not irrelevant, i makes the thing damn near unkillable, even when you can't keep hexproof up. Due to green mana and the abundance of tricks, no one wants to block it and if they do the opponent has to double or even triple block. Then for one black mana you get to kill anything in it's path. Next turn bring it back with Pharika's Mender. If I am in Black or Green I am splashing for this monster.
MostlyLost
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reminds me a little ofKitchen Finks or Vampire Nighthawk - its got a bunch of features/stats that aren't that great by themselves, but make for a damn good creature when put together. And unlike those two, this one is balanced. 5/5
TheMuffinMethod
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I signed in to my account on Gatherer for only the second or third time ever if I remember correctly, and it was just to say this:
WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT MORE STOKED ABOUT THIS CARD? I've played with this in Standard, and I think this is without a doubt the most underrated card from this set. It is very hard to deal with, it is extremely aggressively priced mana-wise, and it can kill things far bigger than it, all the while filtering cards off the top of your library so you get less dead draws in a color combo that doesn't do that very well. I may be biased because this is my favorite two-color combo, and this might just be my new favorite creature, but I seriously think this will be a chase rare at some point.
Eventually someone will win with this in a major tournament as one of the big finishers in their deck. For now, I'm grabbing a bunch while they're cheap and winning with a card people aren't expecting to see.
Lord_of_phyrexia
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
reallyhard to deal with. hypothetical conversation that could probably happen: Player 1 "I cast Path to exile targeting your reaper of the wilds." Player 2 " no." P1 "what do you mean 'no'?" P2 " I payed and give it hexproof." P1 "fine, i attack with my armored wolf-rider" P2 " I block with my reaper of the wilds and your wolf-rider dies" P1 " how?" P2 " i payed and gave it deathtouch" * P1 reads card* P1 " i'm pretty much screwed then." P2 "yup"
Continue
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If nothing else, it's a 4/5 for 4 that gives you a scry on death.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
While it hasn't, this could be a bomb in Legacy. It trades or blocks with almost everything important, is oversized, and is must answer the turn he comes out; but only Swords to Plowshares or Liliana can really answer him reliably.
N03y3D33R
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Above the curve body, can fizzle targeted removal and capable of killing krakens and other such creatures, but let's be honest, that scry ability is impressive.
Sure, it's not Harvester of Souls, but being able to get her out earlier and get hexproof definitely helps, and setting up your next draw can actually be more useful than drawing potentially dead cards. Your opponent will likely not want to use a board wipe while she's out because it usually means that you are going to find exactly what you need to get back into the game.
Petertracy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Super versatile, 5/5 straight into EDH to pump up Necrotic Ooze. I'm suprised no-one's mentioned this as a throwback to Spiritmonger yet. (the original efficiently costed creature)
Wurmcoil
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In my removal heavy meta this card and Lotleth Troll won me Game Day. There is so much value crammed into one little piece of cardboard it's amazing.
JunkHarvester
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Dies to...
Wait a second, what exactly does this die to in BNG Standard? Supreme Verdict is about the only one I can think of. Gaze of Granite too but who uses that??
Bought two playsets. Hope everyone else notices how awesome this is and the price goes up!!!
Havrekjex
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In Standard, if you've got no mana open, it still doesn't die to:
Out of all the most commonly played removal spells, this pretty much only leaves Detention Sphere, Dreadbore, Supreme Verdict and Hero's Downfall. Yeah, I think Reaper is bound to make an impact on Standard at some point, either when JOU introduces the B/G scryland or after rotation.
OlvynChuru
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I really like how they made Hythonia (the flashier gorgon) a mythic while they made this (the more efficient gorgon) a rare, making it easier for competitive players to get. That is how it should be. This card might still get expensive, but it would have been more expensive if it was a mythic rare.
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Jund:
Turn Two: Sylvan Caryatid
Turn Three: This
Turn Four: Underworld Cerberus
W/B/G
Turn Two: Fleecemane Lion
Turn Three: Loxodon Smiter
Turn Four: This
Turn Five: Fleecemane Lion Monstrosity Activation
I'm going to make a brief comment on what I think of this card. It's value. Value in a lot of the sense of the word.
Casting cost/Power-Toughness ratio, a lot of abilities available, deck Manipulation, strong defender/killer, resistant to removal.
VALUE
WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT MORE STOKED ABOUT THIS CARD? I've played with this in Standard, and I think this is without a doubt the most underrated card from this set. It is very hard to deal with, it is extremely aggressively priced mana-wise, and it can kill things far bigger than it, all the while filtering cards off the top of your library so you get less dead draws in a color combo that doesn't do that very well. I may be biased because this is my favorite two-color combo, and this might just be my new favorite creature, but I seriously think this will be a chase rare at some point.
Eventually someone will win with this in a major tournament as one of the big finishers in their deck. For now, I'm grabbing a bunch while they're cheap and winning with a card people aren't expecting to see.
Sure, it's not Harvester of Souls, but being able to get her out earlier and get hexproof definitely helps, and setting up your next draw can actually be more useful than drawing potentially dead cards. Your opponent will likely not want to use a board wipe while she's out because it usually means that you are going to find exactly what you need to get back into the game.
I'm suprised no-one's mentioned this as a throwback to Spiritmonger yet. (the original efficiently costed creature)
Wait a second, what exactly does this die to in BNG Standard? Supreme Verdict is about the only one I can think of. Gaze of Granite too but who uses that??
Bought two playsets. Hope everyone else notices how awesome this is and the price goes up!!!
Doom Blade
Ultimate Price
Mizzium Mortars
Warleader's Helix
Bile Blight
Lightning Strike
Anger of the Gods
Drown in Sorrow
Magma Jet
Out of all the most commonly played removal spells, this pretty much only leaves Detention Sphere, Dreadbore, Supreme Verdict and Hero's Downfall. Yeah, I think Reaper is bound to make an impact on Standard at some point, either when JOU introduces the B/G scryland or after rotation.