Gargos, Vicious Watcher

As of Jul 23, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Gargos, Vicious Watcher is $0.94 (M20 #172, Foil), and the most expensive is $8.42 (SLD #1329, Borderless, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.17, up 7.3% over 7 days, down 5.7% over 30 days, up 8.3% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.35 (2026).

Gargos, Vicious Watcher has 5 tracked printings across 3 sets, in foil and nonfoil finishes, including borderless, promo pack and prerelease treatments.

M20 #172 Foil

$0.94

CK — / $1.40 -49%

PM20 #172p Promo Pack Foil

$1.14

CK $3.49 / $1.40 -23%

M20 #172

$1.17

CK $1.99 / $0.25 79%

PM20 #172p Promo Pack

$1.40 +20%

CK $2.99 / $0.75 46%

PM20 #172 Foil

$1.46 +25%

CK $1.49 / $0.60 59%

PM20 #172s Prerelease Foil

$3.26 +179%

CK $4.99 / $2.25 31%

SLD #1329 Borderless Foil

$8.42 +620%

CK — / $5.70 32%

Card Kingdom currently pays $5.70 cash for SLD #1329 (Foil).

• Jul 12, 2019 Gargos's controller chooses which creature (if any) Gargos will fight, not the controller of the spell.
• Jul 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 {2}{G}{G}{G}, it will cost {G}{G}{G} to cast, not {G}.
• Jul 12, 2019 Gargos's cost-reduction ability applies only while it's on the battlefield. Gargos doesn't reduce its own cost.
• Jul 12, 2019 Gargos's triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
• Jul 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 {X}{G}{G} and choose for X to be 6, you pay {2}{G}{G}. Any of that Hydra's abilities that refer to X still uses 6 as the value for X regardless of what you actually paid.

Gargos, Vicious Watcher has been reprinted 7 times.

Set	Date	Rarity	Treatment
SLD #1329	2021-06-21	Rare	Borderless
PM20 #172p	2019-07-12	Rare	Promo Pack
PM20 #172p	2019-07-12	Rare	Promo Pack
PM20 #172s	2019-07-12	Rare	Prerelease
PM20 #172	2019-07-12	Rare	Standard
M20 #172	2019-07-12	Rare	Standard
M20 #172	2019-07-12	Rare	Standard

Gargos, Vicious Watcher is the #4,141 most-played card on EDHREC, down 92 places over the last 30 days.