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Tarmogoyf

{1}{G}

Creature — Lhurgoyf

MMAModern Masters#166mythic

What doesn't grow, dies. And what dies grows the tarmogoyf.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
~1 in 121–1694
Illustrator
Ryan Barger
Found in
Modern Masters Draft Booster Pack
Printings12EDHREC rank#9,330
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Tarmogoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
*/1+*
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil0.0%
$7.65
$6.49 low-$2.51 gapTCGplayer
Foil-0.4%
$31.20
$28.24 low$11.74 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$5.26· across 12 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Jun 7, 2024
  • WotCJun 7, 2024

    Some older printings of this card reference the "tribal" card type in their reminder text. That card type's name has been replaced with "kindred". This change does not affect the gameplay function of those cards or of Tarmogoyf. (The same older printings of this card also fail to reference the "battle" card type, which didn't exist at the time, but Tarmogoyf's ability still counts that card type.)

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If an instant or sorcery spell deals damage to Tarmogoyf or lowers its toughness, that spell is put into its owner's graveyard before state-based actions are performed. If that card is the first of its type to enter a graveyard, it will raise Tarmogoyf's toughness before the game checks to see if Tarmogoyf dies.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    Tarmogoyf counts card types, not cards. If the only card in all graveyards is a single artifact creature, Tarmogoyf will be 2/3. If the only cards in all graveyards are ten artifact creatures, Tarmogoyf will still be 2/3.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    The ability that defines Tarmogoyf's power and toughness works in all zones, not just the battlefield. If Tarmogoyf is in your graveyard, it will count itself.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    The card types that can appear on cards in a graveyard are artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types.