
Gornog, the Red Reaper
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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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.
- Kargan Intimidator
- Brighthearth Banneret
- Combat Celebrant
- Archetype of Aggression
- Bloodmark Mentor
- Moraug, Fury of Akoum
- Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- Lovisa Coldeyes
- Frontier Warmonger
- Boldwyr Intimidator
- Goma Fada Vanguard
- Ogre Battledriver
- Star Athlete
- Shared Animosity
- Markov Blademaster
- Neheb, the Eternal
- Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Taurean Mauler
- Warchief Giant
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
- Anep, Vizier of Hazoret
- Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
- Stadium Headliner
- Great Train Heist
- Berserkers' Onslaught
- Paragon of Fierce Defiance
- Herald's Horn
- Flamerush Rider
- Infantry Shield
- Chaos Terminator Lord
- Gimli of the Glittering Caves
- Sardian Avenger
- Patchwork Banner
- Ash Zealot
- Obsidian Battle-Axe
- Vanquisher's Banner
- Hazoret's Monument
- Ghitu Encampment
- Path of Ancestry
- Overpowering Attack
- Frenzied Saddlebrute
- Jaxis, the Troublemaker
- Gratuitous Violence
- Castle Embereth
- Tiamat's Fanatics
- Falkenrath Marauders
- Relentless Assault
- Crash Through
- Inquisitorial Rosette
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Mountain
- Kargan Intimidator
- Combat Celebrant
- Brighthearth Banneret
- Sol Ring
- Archetype of Aggression
- Professional Face-Breaker
- Bloodmark Mentor
- Neheb, the Eternal
- Laelia, the Blade Reforged
- Moraug, Fury of Akoum
- Shared Animosity
- Chaos Warp
- Frontier Warmonger
- Ruby Medallion
- Lovisa Coldeyes
- Ogre Battledriver
- Boldwyr Intimidator
- Goma Fada Vanguard
- Star Athlete
- Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
- Arcane Signet
- Blasphemous Act
- Markov Blademaster
- Taurean Mauler
- Great Train Heist
- Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs
- Untimely Malfunction
- Hazoret's Monument
- Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
- Abrade
- Warchief Giant
- Vandalblast
- Stadium Headliner
- Herald's Horn
- Berserkers' Onslaught
- Anep, Vizier of Hazoret
- Gimli of the Glittering Caves
- Paragon of Fierce Defiance
- Castle Embereth
- Flamerush Rider
- Infantry Shield
- War Room
- Patchwork Banner
- Chaos Terminator Lord
- Path of Ancestry
- Sardian Avenger
- Vanquisher's Banner
- Thrill of Possibility
- Faithless Looting
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.