Wakestone Gargoyle

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Wakestone Gargoyle: Creature - Gargoyle, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{W}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Gargoyle
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
137
Artist
Jim Murray
Commander rank
10,914 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Defender, Flying

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About Wakestone Gargoyle

Wakestone Gargoyle is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 137 in that set, with art by Jim Murray. It costs {3}{W} (three generic and one white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Dissension (2006) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Defender, flying

{1}{W}: Creatures you control with defender can attack this turn as though they didn't have defender.

Its pulsating cry shatters bonds of iron, granite, and servitude.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Wakestone Gargoyle by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Wakestone Gargoyle

Wakestone Gargoyle has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #CNS-88Uncommon2024
Conspiracy (CNS) #88Uncommon2014
Dissension (DIS) #21Rare2006

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Wakestone Gargoyle, newest first.

  • Wakestone Gargoyle’s ability allows itself to attack.
  • Wakestone Gargoyle’s ability will affect creatures with defender that come under your control after the ability resolves but before you declare attackers (though those creatures still can’t attack unless they have haste).

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