---
name: "Gosta Dirk"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Warrior"
colors: ["U", "W"]
color_identity: ["U", "W"]
keywords: ["First strike"]
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "227"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Richard Thomas"
oracle_id: "fb966147-1d60-4150-b4e7-acf301b2d067"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gosta-dirk-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gosta Dirk
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** First strike

## Oracle Text
First strike
Creatures with islandwalk can be blocked as though they didn't have islandwalk.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Goblin Flotilla](/printing/goblin-flotilla-fem.md) — Creature — Goblin
2. [Livonya Silone](/printing/livonya-silone-leg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
3. [Master of Arms](/printing/master-of-arms-wth.md) — Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Rishadan Dockhand](/printing/rishadan-dockhand-pmh2.md) — Creature — Merfolk
5. [Lord Magnus](/printing/lord-magnus-leg.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Druid
6. [Stormtide Leviathan](/printing/stormtide-leviathan-m11.md) — Creature — Leviathan

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #227
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Richard Thomas
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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