---
name: "Gorgon Recluse"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Gorgon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Madness"]
set: "TSP"
set_name: "Time Spiral"
collector_number: "111"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Darrell Riche"
oracle_id: "e6c9a699-0468-42f8-aad5-b9d45a3c1d37"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gorgon-recluse-tsp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gorgon Recluse
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Gorgon
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/4
- **Keywords:** Madness

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked by a nonblack creature, destroy that creature at end of combat.
Madness {B}{B} (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infernal Medusa](/printing/infernal-medusa-leg.md) — Creature — Gorgon
2. [Deathgazer](/printing/deathgazer-8ed.md) — Creature — Lizard
3. [Insatiable Gorgers](/printing/insatiable-gorgers-sir.md) — Creature — Vampire Berserker
4. [Dread Specter](/printing/dread-specter-mir.md) — Creature — Specter
5. [Keepsake Gorgon](/printing/keepsake-gorgon-cn2.md) — Creature — Gorgon
6. [Tangle Asp](/printing/tangle-asp-5dn.md) — Creature — Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral (TSP) #111
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Darrell Riche
- **Total Printings:** 27 across all historical editions

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