Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
Legendary Creature — Bear
LegalRank #673
Creature spells you cast with power 4 or greater cost 
less to cast.
Whenever Goreclaw attacks, each creature you control with power 4 or greater gets +1/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
4/3
Why is this card good?
Goreclaw is one of the best green creature-ramp payoffs available, and a fantastic commander for big-stupid-beaters decks. The cost reduction is enormous in green, where fatties with power 4+ are everywhere — turning your Craterhoofs, Vorinclexes, and trampling dinosaurs into bargains. Cast two big creatures a turn instead of one and you snowball fast.
As your commander, Goreclaw leads aggressive stompy/Gruul-style decks. The attack trigger pushes a wide board of beaters through blockers with trample and a power buff, which closes games out of nowhere — especially backed by overrun effects, which become near-redundant but still deadly. Pair with ramp dorks and double-strike enablers for explosive turns.
In the 99, slot it into any green ramp deck full of large creatures — it's a near-free engine piece.
Skip it if your deck leans on small utility creatures, tokens, or spellslinger strategies; the cost reduction and combat trigger key off raw power, so cheap-creature shells get little value.
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Printings (12)
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Combos (2)
- Acererak the Archlich + Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma + Glittermonger + Chakram Retriever
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
- Acererak the Archlich + Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma + Undercity Scrounger + Chakram Retriever
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
Rulings (3)
- 2018-07-13
If you cast a creature spell that will enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters, such as Hungering Hydra, those counters aren't considered when determining whether Goreclaw reduces that spell's cost. Similarly, effects that will raise the creature's power once it has entered the battlefield won't apply.
- 2018-07-13
If another creature has an ability that changes its power when it attacks, such as Brawl-Bash Ogre, you may have that ability resolve before Goreclaw's last ability.
- 2018-07-13
Goreclaw's last ability affects only creatures you control with the appropriate power at the time it resolves. Creatures you begin to control later in the turn won't get either bonus, and a creature you control whose power decreases later in the turn won't lose either bonus.