Gargos, Vicious Watcher Price
5 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2019
Gargos, Vicious Watcher has been printed 5 times across 3 sets, first in 2019 and most recently in 2023. Right now the cheapest printing is Core Set 2020 Promos #172 at $1.06, while the most expensive is Secret Lair Drop #1329 at $8.79 — about 8× more. The median across 5 priced printings is $1.62. The cheapest non-foil copy is Core Set 2020 #172 at $1.17. Reprint risk: LOW — Reprinted 5x historically, most recently in 2023 -- no dedicated reprint sets or recent activity.
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Every Gargos, Vicious Watcher Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core Set 2020 Promos #172 (R) Foil Cheapest | 2020 | $1.06 | $0.90 foil |
| Core Set 2020 #172 (R) | 2019 | $1.17 | $0.40 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos #172p (R) | 2019 | $1.62 | $1.40 |
| Core Set 2020 Promos #172s (R) Foil | 2019 | $3.66 | $3.00 foil |
| Secret Lair Drop #1329 (R) Foil | 2023 | $8.79 | $5.50 foil |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Hydra spells you cast cost
less to cast.Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 5 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
8 PrecedentsGargos's cost-reduction ability affects only generic mana in a Hydra's cost. For example, if you cast a Hydra spell with mana cost 
, it will cost to cast, not .
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.
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.
If a spell has 
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 and choose for X to be 6, you pay . Any of that Hydra's abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.
Gargos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
Gargos's controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.
Gargos's cost-reduction ability applies only while it's on the battlefield. Gargos doesn't reduce its own cost.
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.