Xathrid Gorgon
5Creature — Gorgon
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Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.) {2}, {T}: Put a petrification counter on target creature. It gains defender and becomes a colorless artifact in addition to its other types. Its activated abilities can't be activated. (A creature with defender can't attack.)
Market prices
updated on 06/19/2026| Source | Normal | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardhoarder | 0.02 tix | — |
| Card Kingdom | $0.49 | $0.79 |
| Cardmarket | €0.13 | €0.57 |
| CardTrader Buy | €0.11 | €0.29 |
| TCGplayer | $0.38 | $0.44 |
Trend · last 90 days · EUR
€0.11CardTrader market
411 offers · from €0.11 · avg €29.83 · max €10,000.64
Poor: 4 · Played: 30 · Near Mint: 124 · Slightly Played: 165 · Moderately Played: 88
Rulings (2)
The effects of Xathrid Gorgon’s ability don’t depend on the petrification counter. If that counter is removed, the creature remains a colorless artifact with defender, and so on.
07/01/2012Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
06/08/2016Legality by format
| Brawl | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Pauper | Not legal |
| Pioneer | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| Standard | Not legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Not legal |
| Extended | Not legal |
| Frontier | Not legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Not legal |