Cinder Giant
Creature — Giant
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 2 damage to each other creature you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #13766
Cinder Giant enters the battlefield and deals 3 damage to each other creature — a built-in board wipe stapled to a 4/4 body for five mana. The catch is that the damage hits your creatures too, which is a real cost unless your deck is built to exploit it; Iroh, Tea Master decks lean in specifically because that symmetrical ping is the whole point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Iroh, Tea Master
Iroh, Tea Master triggers off creatures dealing damage to your own permanents, so Cinder Giant's enter-the-battlefield ping turns every creature you control into a draw or life-gain engine the moment it lands — the "downside" becomes the payoff.
Zedruu the Greathearted
Zedruu the Greathearted decks sometimes run Cinder Giant as a gift: donate it after it's already nuked the board, saddling an opponent with a vanilla 4/4 and clearing your path to swing freely.
Blim, Comedic Genius
Blim, Comedic Genius is built around donating permanents opponents don't want, and Cinder Giant fits that plan perfectly — blast the board on entry, then pass the Giant off to someone who now controls a do-nothing 4/4 with no upside left to trigger.
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 |
Cinder Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's essentially a Commander card. In Legacy and Vintage the competition for a five-mana creature slot is brutal, and a one-shot symmetrical ping won't make that cut. Commander is where Cinder Giant earns its slot — specifically in decks that want to manufacture "damage to your own creatures" triggers or gift burdens to opponents, and a 35% inclusion rate in Iroh, Tea Master decks confirms it fills a real role rather than just being a budget option.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Cinder Giant is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking twice when building around Iroh, Tea Master or a Zedruu donation package. Bulk status is stable here; it's not a card with crossover demand in competitive formats, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Iroh, Tea Master
- Zedruu the Greathearted
- Blim, Comedic Genius
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.