gatherer logo
Xathrid Gorgon

Card Name

Xathrid Gorgon

Mana Cost

5

Type

Creature – Gorgon

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
2
, : 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.)

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(7/1/2012)
The effects of Xathrid Gorgon's ability don't depend on the petrification counter. If that counter is removed, the creature remains a colorless artifact with defender, and so on.
(6/8/2016)
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.