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Gornog, the Red Reaper

Gornog, the Red Reaper

{2}{R}

Legendary Creature — Minotaur Warrior

Haste

Cowards can't block Warriors.

Whenever one or more Warriors you control attack a player, target creature that player controls becomes a Coward.

Attacking Warriors you control get +X/+0, where X is the number of Cowards your opponents control.

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Haste
Set
The List (PLST #J25-49)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
3
Released
2026-11-09
Artist
Ishikawa Kenta
EDHREC rank
#5,849
Colour identity
{R}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.35
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Kargan Intimidator 93 %+91.7 %
  2. Brighthearth Banneret 85 %+83.3 %
  3. Combat Celebrant 85 %+77.5 %
  4. Archetype of Aggression 82 %+76.3 %
  5. Bloodmark Mentor 78 %+73.4 %
  6. Moraug, Fury of Akoum 75 %+71.3 %
  7. Laelia, the Blade Reforged 76 %+70.6 %
  8. Lovisa Coldeyes 69 %+68.3 %
  9. Frontier Warmonger 70 %+66.1 %
  10. Boldwyr Intimidator 67 %+65.6 %
  11. Goma Fada Vanguard 66 %+65.5 %
  12. Ogre Battledriver 68 %+64.6 %
  13. Star Athlete 66 %+63.9 %
  14. Shared Animosity 73 %+62.7 %
  15. Markov Blademaster 61 %+60.3 %
  16. Neheb, the Eternal 76 %+59.2 %
  17. Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion 64 %+59.1 %
  18. Professional Face-Breaker 80 %+56.5 %
  19. Taurean Mauler 58 %+53.8 %
  20. Warchief Giant 52 %+51.4 %
  21. Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh 54 %+51.1 %
  22. Anep, Vizier of Hazoret 51 %+49.8 %
  23. Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs 56 %+49.7 %
  24. Stadium Headliner 52 %+49.3 %
  25. Great Train Heist 57 %+48.8 %
  26. Berserkers' Onslaught 51 %+48.6 %
  27. Paragon of Fierce Defiance 48 %+46.7 %
  28. Herald's Horn 52 %+46.2 %
  29. Flamerush Rider 47 %+46.0 %
  30. Infantry Shield 47 %+45.6 %
  31. Chaos Terminator Lord 46 %+45.5 %
  32. Gimli of the Glittering Caves 49 %+43.2 %
  33. Sardian Avenger 45 %+42.8 %
  34. Patchwork Banner 47 %+41.9 %
  35. Ash Zealot 42 %+41.0 %
  36. Obsidian Battle-Axe 41 %+40.5 %
  37. Vanquisher's Banner 44 %+39.3 %
  38. Hazoret's Monument 54 %+38.4 %
  39. Ghitu Encampment 39 %+38.0 %
  40. Path of Ancestry 46 %+37.9 %
  41. Overpowering Attack 38 %+34.9 %
  42. Frenzied Saddlebrute 35 %+34.0 %
  43. Jaxis, the Troublemaker 38 %+34.0 %
  44. Gratuitous Violence 40 %+32.2 %
  45. Castle Embereth 47 %+31.2 %
  46. Tiamat's Fanatics 32 %+30.9 %
  47. Falkenrath Marauders 31 %+30.1 %
  48. Relentless Assault 35 %+29.7 %
  49. Crash Through 36 %+29.7 %
  50. Inquisitorial Rosette 29 %+28.6 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Mountain 97 %+2.3 %
  2. Kargan Intimidator 93 %+91.7 %
  3. Combat Celebrant 85 %+77.5 %
  4. Brighthearth Banneret 85 %+83.3 %
  5. Sol Ring 84 %+0.0 %
  6. Archetype of Aggression 82 %+76.3 %
  7. Professional Face-Breaker 80 %+56.5 %
  8. Bloodmark Mentor 78 %+73.4 %
  9. Neheb, the Eternal 76 %+59.2 %
  10. Laelia, the Blade Reforged 76 %+70.6 %
  11. Moraug, Fury of Akoum 75 %+71.3 %
  12. Shared Animosity 73 %+62.7 %
  13. Chaos Warp 71 %+9.9 %
  14. Frontier Warmonger 70 %+66.1 %
  15. Ruby Medallion 69 %+12.6 %
  16. Lovisa Coldeyes 69 %+68.3 %
  17. Ogre Battledriver 68 %+64.6 %
  18. Boldwyr Intimidator 67 %+65.6 %
  19. Goma Fada Vanguard 66 %+65.5 %
  20. Star Athlete 66 %+63.9 %
  21. Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion 64 %+59.1 %
  22. Arcane Signet 63 %+2.2 %
  23. Blasphemous Act 62 %+8.9 %
  24. Markov Blademaster 61 %+60.3 %
  25. Taurean Mauler 58 %+53.8 %
  26. Great Train Heist 57 %+48.8 %
  27. Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs 56 %+49.7 %
  28. Untimely Malfunction 55 %+26.3 %
  29. Hazoret's Monument 54 %+38.4 %
  30. Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh 54 %+51.1 %
  31. Abrade 53 %+10.4 %
  32. Warchief Giant 52 %+51.4 %
  33. Vandalblast 52 %+10.9 %
  34. Stadium Headliner 52 %+49.3 %
  35. Herald's Horn 52 %+46.2 %
  36. Berserkers' Onslaught 51 %+48.6 %
  37. Anep, Vizier of Hazoret 51 %+49.8 %
  38. Gimli of the Glittering Caves 49 %+43.2 %
  39. Paragon of Fierce Defiance 48 %+46.7 %
  40. Castle Embereth 47 %+31.2 %
  41. Flamerush Rider 47 %+46.0 %
  42. Infantry Shield 47 %+45.6 %
  43. War Room 47 %+17.3 %
  44. Patchwork Banner 47 %+41.9 %
  45. Chaos Terminator Lord 46 %+45.5 %
  46. Path of Ancestry 46 %+37.9 %
  47. Sardian Avenger 45 %+42.8 %
  48. Vanquisher's Banner 44 %+39.3 %
  49. Thrill of Possibility 44 %+10.6 %
  50. Faithless Looting 43 %+2.8 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2024-11-08

    Gornog's third ability doesn't have a duration. It will remain in effect until the game ends, the target creature leaves the battlefield, or some subsequent effect changes the creature's characteristics, whichever comes first.

  • 2024-11-08

    Gornog's third ability overwrites the target's existing creature types. Once the ability resolves, that creature will be a Coward and won't have its previous creature types. It retains any other types and supertypes it has as well as any subtypes that aren't creature types.

  • 2024-11-08

    Once a creature has blocked a Warrior, turning that creature into a Coward won't remove it from combat or cause the Warrior to become unblocked. (The Coward might suddenly have some regrets, though.)

  • 2024-11-08

    The bonus granted by Gornog's last ability changes as the number of Cowards your opponents control changes.

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