Cataclysmic Gearhulk

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Cataclysmic Gearhulk: Artifact Creature - Construct, March of the Machine Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}{W}
Mana value
5
Type
Artifact Creature - Construct
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
4/5
Rarity
Mythic
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
176
Artist
Victor Adame Minguez
Commander rank
5,200 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Vigilance

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About Cataclysmic Gearhulk

Cataclysmic Gearhulk is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white artifact creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 176 in that set, with art by Victor Adame Minguez. It costs {3}{W}{W} (three generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/5 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Vigilance

When this creature enters, each player chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among the nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Cataclysmic Gearhulk by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Cataclysmic Gearhulk

Cataclysmic Gearhulk has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Neon Dynasty Commander (NEC) #81Mythic2022
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #65Mythic2021
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #12Mythic2020
Commander 2020 (C20) #80Mythic2020
Kaladesh (KLD) #9Mythic2016
Kaladesh Inventions (MPS) #1Special2016
Kaladesh Promos (PKLD) #9sMythic2016

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Cataclysmic Gearhulk, newest first.

  • First the player whose turn it is chooses permanents they control, then each other player in turn order does the same. Each player will know the choices made by players who chose before them. All of the unchosen nonland permanents are then sacrificed simultaneously.
  • Lands can't be chosen and won't be sacrificed, even if they have other types (such as an artifact land).
  • A permanent with more than one type may be chosen as either of the types or both. For example, an artifact creature may be chosen as the artifact, the creature, or both. Choosing the same permanent twice this way has the same result as choosing it once.
  • Cataclysmic Gearhulk will be sacrificed to its own ability if you don't choose it as your artifact or your creature.
  • If you don't control any permanents of one of the types, you'll still choose the permanents of the types you do control.

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