
Gau, Feral Youth
Legendary Creature — Human Berserker
Rage — Whenever Gau attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
At the beginning of each end step, if a card left your graveyard this turn, Gau deals damage equal to its power to each opponent.
"Uwao! Aooh! I'm Gau! Your friend! Frieeend!!!"
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Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Laughing Mad
- Scrabbling Claws
- Bulk Up
- Ghost Vacuum
- Squee, Goblin Nabob
- Electric Revelation
- Rubble Rouser
- Containment Construct
- Shenanigans
- Relic Retriever
- Currency Converter
- Reckless Charge
- Bag of Holding
- Relic of Progenitus
- Conspiracy Theorist
- Detective's Phoenix
- Faithless Looting
- Advanced Reconstruction
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster
- Drownyard Temple
- Snort
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- Tersa Lightshatter
- Mines of Moria
- Sabin, Master Monk
- Flamewake Phoenix
- Grim Lavamancer
- Wild Ride
- Strike It Rich
- Nibelheim Aflame
- Demand Answers
- Lava Dart
- Unleash Fury
- Squee, the Immortal
- Gogo, Mysterious Mime
- Tomb Trawler
- Hostile Desert
- Pinnacle Monk
- Pinnacle Monk
- Isengard Unleashed
- Unlicensed Hearse
- Scrapwork Mutt
- Flaring Pain
- Tablet of Discovery
- The Ooze
- Wrecking Ball Arm
- Garrison Excavator
- Buried Ruin
- Scavenged Brawler
- Champion's Helm
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Mountain
- Faithless Looting
- Sol Ring
- Laughing Mad
- Bulk Up
- Scrabbling Claws
- Squee, Goblin Nabob
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Ghost Vacuum
- Electric Revelation
- Rubble Rouser
- Containment Construct
- Big Score
- Shenanigans
- Relic Retriever
- Demand Answers
- Reckless Charge
- Currency Converter
- Bag of Holding
- Chaos Warp
- Conspiracy Theorist
- Arcane Signet
- Ruby Medallion
- Mines of Moria
- Relic of Progenitus
- Blasphemous Act
- Detective's Phoenix
- Advanced Reconstruction
- Yidaro, Wandering Monster
- Drownyard Temple
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
- Thrill of Possibility
- Snort
- Unexpected Windfall
- Pinnacle Monk
- Tersa Lightshatter
- Pinnacle Monk
- Strike It Rich
- Buried Ruin
- Sabin, Master Monk
- Unleash Fury
- Untimely Malfunction
- Flamewake Phoenix
- Wild Ride
- Grim Lavamancer
- Bolt Bend
- Rogue's Passage
- Nibelheim Aflame
- Tablet of Discovery
- Return the Favor
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-06-06
Gau's last ability checks at the moment it would trigger to see if a card left your graveyard this turn. If none did, the ability won't trigger at all. Once your end step begins, it's too late to make a card leave your graveyard in order to cause this ability to trigger.
- 2025-06-06
If Gau is no longer on the battlefield when its last ability resolves, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage the ability deals.