Bulwark Giant
Creature — Giant Soldier
When this creature enters, you gain 5 life.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #22184
Bulwark Giant enters and gains you 5 life — a decent enough body at 5/7, but seven mana for a creature that does nothing beyond stabilize your life total is a steep ask in any competitive context. It's a role-player at best, and only in decks that specifically reward life gain triggers.
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, Bulwark Giant finds its most charitable home in dedicated life gain decks — think Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim — where the 5-life trigger actually fires payoffs rather than just padding your total. Even there, seven mana is a high floor for an effect this modest, and it gets cut as the list tightens. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant at rare-equivalent pricing among commons; the format's efficient threats make a 5/7 with a life gain rider far too slow. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all ignore Bulwark Giant entirely — the mana cost alone disqualifies it from formats where games end before you untap with seven lands.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Bulwark Giant is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a box and stays there. Demand is too narrow to push the price up, and supply is plentiful enough that it won't hold even this floor long-term.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.