---
name: "Xathrid Gorgon"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Gorgon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "M13"
set_name: "Magic 2013"
collector_number: "118"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Chase Stone"
oracle_id: "1e65fac0-23fc-4a32-bd36-4e3f7ebfe33d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/xathrid-gorgon-m13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Xathrid Gorgon
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Gorgon
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/6
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
{2}{B}, {T}: Put a petrification counter on target creature. It gains defender and becomes a colorless artifact in addition to its other types. Its activated abilities can't be activated. (A creature with defender can't attack.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pitiless Gorgon](/printing/pitiless-gorgon-grn.md) — Creature — Gorgon
2. [Korozda Gorgon](/printing/korozda-gorgon-dgm.md) — Creature — Gorgon
3. [Keepsake Gorgon](/printing/keepsake-gorgon-cn2.md) — Creature — Gorgon
4. [Aspect of Gorgon](/printing/aspect-of-gorgon-jou.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Archetype of Finality](/printing/archetype-of-finality-plst.md) — Enchantment Creature — Gorgon
6. [Arisen Gorgon](/printing/arisen-gorgon-m19.md) — Creature — Zombie Gorgon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2013 (M13) #118
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Chase Stone
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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