Pyrogoyf is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Pyrogoyf'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. Whenever this creature or another Lhurgoyf creature you control enters, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Complete guide
Pyrogoyf is a powerful new addition to the Lhurgoyf family, combining classic scaling stats with a lethal enter-the-battlefield trigger. This red creature not only grows based on the diversity of all graveyards but also acts as immediate removal or direct damage whenever it or its kin arrive.
Understanding the Lhurgoyf Power
Pyrogoyf uses a characteristic-defining ability to set its power and toughness based on the number of card types in all graveyards. Valid types include artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery. This ability is active in all zones, meaning it can be searched for or returned from the graveyard based on its current power.
Step-by-Step Resolution
When Pyrogoyf or another Lhurgoyf enters the battlefield, its triggered ability goes on the stack. You must choose a target at this time. When the ability resolves, the game checks the current power of the creature that entered. If that creature has left the battlefield before the trigger resolves, the game uses its 'last known information' to determine how much damage is dealt.
Common Mistakes
A frequent error is counting the number of cards instead of the number of card types; ten creatures in a graveyard still only count as one type. Additionally, remember that supertypes like Legendary or Snow and subtypes like Lhurgoyf do not contribute to its power. Only the primary card types listed in the rules are counted.
When to Play It
Pyrogoyf is most effective in decks that can quickly fill the graveyard with diverse types, such as fetch lands, cheap baubles, or discarded sorceries. Because it triggers off other Lhurgoyfs, it serves as a powerful engine in tribal-themed decks to clear the opponent's board while developing your own.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumIf Solemn Simulacrum is the only card in your graveyard, it provides two types: Artifact and Creature. When you cast Pyrogoyf, it will enter as a 2/3. Its trigger will deal 2 damage to any target because there are two distinct card types in the graveyard.
Roaming ThroneIf you have Roaming Throne on the battlefield with 'Lhurgoyf' chosen as the creature type, Pyrogoyf's ability will trigger an additional time when it enters. If there are four card types in graveyards, Pyrogoyf will deal 4 damage twice, for a total of 8 damage.
If your opponent casts a spell to destroy Pyrogoyf while its damage trigger is on the stack, the ability still resolves. The game checks what Pyrogoyf's power was the moment before it left the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt to the target.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Pyrogoyf
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Pyrogoyf's power and toughness works in all zones, not just the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Pyrogoyf's power and toughness counts card types, not cards. If the only card in all graveyards is a single artifact creature card, Pyrogoyf will be a 2/3. If the cards in all graveyards are ten artifact cards and ten creature cards, Pyrogoyf will still be a 2/3.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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; Lhurgoyf, Forest, and Siege are subtypes, not card types.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If Pyrogoyf or the relevant Lhurgoyf creature leaves the battlefield while Pyrogoyf's last ability is on the stack, use its power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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