Oracle

Legendary Creature - Hydra 8 / 7

Vigilance
Hydra spells you cast cost 4 less to cast.
Whenever a creature you control becomes the target of a spell, Gargos, Vicious Watcher fights up to one target creature you don't control.

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Legal in: Vintage, Legacy, Modern, Commander

Officiele rulings

7/12/2019
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 converted mana cost of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

7/12/2019
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 2GGG, it will cost GGG to cast, not G.

7/12/2019
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 XGG and choose for X to be 6, you pay 2GG. Any of that Hydra’s abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.

7/12/2019
Gargos’s cost-reduction ability applies only while it’s on the battlefield. Gargos doesn’t reduce its own cost.

7/12/2019
Gargos’s controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.

7/12/2019
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.

7/12/2019
Gargos’s triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

7/12/2019
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.

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