---
name: "Fortress Cyclops"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Cyclops Soldier"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "164"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Maciej Kuciara"
oracle_id: "7790bd6c-75e2-4abd-87ab-e1c15f1d53ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/fortress-cyclops-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Fortress Cyclops
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Cyclops Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature blocks, it gets +0/+3 until end of turn.

> *„Sie glauben, sie hätten ihn gezähmt, aber er wird immer ein wilder Titan bleiben, eine Naturgewalt." —Nedja, Gruul-Schamanin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rampaging Cyclops](/printing/rampaging-cyclops-plst.md) — Creature — Cyclops
2. [Ekundu Cyclops](/printing/ekundu-cyclops-mir.md) — Creature — Cyclops
3. [Bloodrock Cyclops](/printing/bloodrock-cyclops-jmp.md) — Creature — Cyclops
4. [Cyclops Gladiator](/printing/cyclops-gladiator-m11.md) — Creature — Cyclops Warrior
5. [Nivix Cyclops](/printing/nivix-cyclops-pio.md) — Creature — Cyclops
6. [Hulking Cyclops](/printing/hulking-cyclops-6ed.md) — Creature — Cyclops

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #164
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Maciej Kuciara
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`