Crush Underfoot
Kindred Instant — Giant
Choose a Giant creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #14760
Crush Underfoot turns a Giant you control into a removal spell — the target takes damage equal to that Giant's power, which means a 7/7 on board becomes a 7-damage bolt at instant speed for two mana. Outside of Giant-tribal builds, especially Aegar, the Freezing Flame, this card has no home; inside them, it earns its slot every game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame draws a card whenever a Giant or Wizard you control deals excess damage to a creature or planeswalker, and Crush Underfoot is purpose-built to generate that excess — point it at a 1/1 with a 7-power Giant and you're drawing cards off a two-mana instant.
Ruhan of the Fomori
Ruhan of the Fomori is a 7/7 the moment it enters, and Crush Underfoot lets you cash in that power as a removal spell — 7 damage clears almost any blocker or threat before Ruhan ever swings.
Bre of Clan Stoutarm
Bre of Clan Stoutarm builds around Giants with high power, and Crush Underfoot slots cleanly into that package as interaction that doubles as tribal payoff, keeping the Giant synergies active while handling problem permanents.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crush Underfoot is a Commander card through and through — the tribal restriction is a real cost, but Commander's singleton Giant-tribal decks run enough large bodies to make it consistent. In Pauper it's legal but competes with removal that has no tribal string attached, so it doesn't see play. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but no interest in it; the card does nothing in a non-Giant shell and Giant tribal isn't a competitive archetype in either format. The honest read: Crush Underfoot is a one-format card, and that format is Commander, specifically Giant-tribal Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Crush Underfoot is bulk — grab it out of a dollar bin or as a throw-in. That price reflects its narrow tribal requirement, and nothing on the horizon changes that calculus.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Ruhan of the Fomori
- Bre of Clan Stoutarm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.