Borderland Behemoth
Creature — Giant Warrior
Trample
This creature gets +4/+4 for each other Giant you control.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology Volume II
- Price
- $0.50
- EDHREC rank
- #13554
Borderland Behemoth lands as a Giant with power and toughness equal to the number of Giants you control — in the right deck, that's a 10/10 or larger for seven mana. Outside a dedicated Giants shell, that ceiling collapses to a vanilla 3/3, which makes it unplayable anywhere except Aegar, the Freezing Flame and friends.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame is the natural home for Borderland Behemoth — Aegar's draw trigger fires whenever a Giant deals excess combat damage, and a Behemoth that's scaled to 10+ power will bury your opponents in cards every time it connects.
Ruhan of the Fomori
Ruhan of the Fomori runs Borderland Behemoth as pure size in an Izzet-adjacent Giants package — Ruhan's forced attacks mean you want the biggest bodies possible, and a Behemoth that scales off the team delivers exactly that.
Bre of Clan Stoutarm
Bre of Clan Stoutarm pulls every Giant it can find, and Borderland Behemoth rewards that density directly — the more Giants Bre assembles, the larger the Behemoth grows, making it a natural payoff for going wide with the tribe.
Brion Stoutarm
Brion Stoutarm reaches for Borderland Behemoth as a Fling target — a Behemoth that's scaled to 8 or 10 power lets Brion convert that size into a one-shot chunk of damage aimed directly at an opponent's life total.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Borderland Behemoth is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it has never seen competitive play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the seven-mana cost is a non-starter — those formats end before you untap with it. Modern is theoretically possible but Giants lack the tribal density and payoffs to make the card worthwhile against the format's speed. Commander is the only context where Borderland Behemoth does anything meaningful, and even there it's a role-player in Giants-tribal builds rather than a format staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.50 bulk tier
Borderland Behemoth sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.50, and that price reflects its narrow playability — it's a four-of-nothing outside a specific tribal lane. It won't climb; grab it cheap if you're building Giants, and don't give it a second thought otherwise.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Ruhan of the Fomori
- Bre of Clan Stoutarm
- Brion Stoutarm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.