Brine Giant
Creature — Giant
Affinity for enchantments (This spell costs 
less to cast for each enchantment you control.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24739
Brine Giant lands as a 7/7 for as low than five mana when you've been casting enchantments, and it brings a free Aura along for the ride. It's a payoff card, not an engine — run it in dedicated enchantment shells or skip it entirely.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Brine Giant belongs in enchantress builds where the cost reduction fires reliably and the free Aura trigger generates immediate card or board equity. Outside of that archetype, a vanilla 7/7 for seven is unplayable at the Commander table. In Pauper, where enchantment-heavy decks exist and large bodies matter more at common, Brine Giant has a legitimate niche. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters — the card doesn't come close to competing with what those formats are doing on turns five through seven.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Brine Giant is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or cheap pickup for any enchantment deck. Bulk rares rarely climb without a breakout competitive moment, and nothing about this card suggests that's coming.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.