Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps
Creature — Giant // Sorcery — Adventure
Beanstalk Giant's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #2147
Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps pulls double duty: Fertile Footsteps ramps you by fetching a basic land directly onto the battlefield, and the Giant itself arrives as a threat sized to exactly how far ahead on lands you are. The catch is a five-mana front face that dies to any common removal — shells that can protect or copy it, like Gorion, Wise Mentor, extract the most value.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor casts Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps for free off his triggered ability, meaning you get the land from Fertile Footsteps and a potentially massive creature without spending five mana — it shows up in over 94% of Gorion lists for exactly that reason.
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall cares about Adventure spells, and Fertile Footsteps is one — Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps feeds Beluna's triggers while also ramping and leaving a large body behind, making it one of the cleanest role-players in the 91% of Beluna decks that run it.
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid tutors for Adventure cards directly, so Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps is a guaranteed hit that converts a tutor into a ramp spell plus a threat in the same package.
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty grants cascade to spells with mana value six or greater, and at five mana the Giant itself doesn't trigger cascade — but Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps earns its slot here as early ramp that helps you hit the six-mana threshold where Imoti's engine takes over.
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald creates Wolf tokens whenever you cast spells from exile, and playing Fertile Footsteps off the Adventure lets Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps sit in exile waiting to be cast later — each half generates a Wolf trigger and keeps the token engine churning.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps earns its keep: the Adventure mechanic is uniquely exploitable in a singleton format full of commanders that interact with casting from exile or care about Adventure cards specifically. In Modern and Pioneer it's outclassed by cheaper, more consistent ramp options that don't ask you to spend five mana on a vanilla creature with no evasion. Legacy and Vintage have access to so much broken acceleration that a five-mana 5/5 at best is a curiosity. Oathbreaker follows Commander's logic and the card is playable there for the same Adventure synergies, though the smaller deck size means the one-of ramp is less reliable.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Beanstalk Giant // Fertile Footsteps is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. It's a staple in Adventure-matters decks but has no scarcity driving price up, so expect it to stay in this range indefinitely.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.