Callous Giant
Creature — Giant
If a source would deal 3 or less damage to this creature, prevent that damage.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #30140
Callous Giant enters and deals 3 damage to each non-Giant creature — a built-in sweeper stapled to a 6/6 body that closes games while cleaning the board. Seven mana is a real ask, but the immediate impact makes it honest.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Callous Giant is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and token-heavy tables make a 3-damage ETB far more disruptive than it would be elsewhere. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant; seven mana at sorcery speed doesn't compete in formats decided on turns one through three. Oathbreaker can support it in the right big-mana shell, but Commander is where Callous Giant actually earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Callous Giant is deep bulk — you're picking this up for nearly nothing. Bulk rares with narrow utility rarely spike, so don't expect movement unless a Giant tribal commander breaks out and drives demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.