Fetid Gargantua is a solid threat from Modern Horizons 3. This 4/4 Horror costs {4}{B} and has Adapt, which lets it grow by placing +1/+1 counters on it. If you pay 2 and choose Adapt 2, you place two counters on the creature, accelerating its clock and strengthening its resilience as the battlefield fills with chaos. The artwork depicts a sprawling, nightmarish mass pressing forward in a shadowed landscape, embodying the set’s grim vibe.
Fetid Gargantua keeps rewarding countering with card advantage: whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are placed on it, you may draw two cards. If you choose to draw, you lose 2 life, creating a measured exchange that rewards timing and sequencing. In play, this horror scales with your growing board state while the night grows darker, matching Modern Horizons 3's penchant for powerful, circled synergies.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {4}{B}
- Card Type – Creature
- Subtypes – Horror
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – 2B: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on Fetid Gargantua, you may draw two cards. If you do, you lose 2 life.
- Power / Toughness – 4/4
