Cunning Giant
Creature — Giant
If this creature is unblocked, you may have it assign its combat damage to a creature defending player controls.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $2.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30543
Cunning Giant hits the board and immediately threatens to steal a creature every time it connects — that's a repeatable, attached effect on a body that demands an answer. Seven mana is real, but the payoff is real too: one unblocked swing and you've already broken even.
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 |
Commander is where Cunning Giant belongs — the format's slower pace gives you time to deploy a seven-drop, and multiplayer tables mean there's always a juicy target to steal when it connects. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but neither wants a seven-mana creature that doesn't end the game immediately. Cunning Giant is a Commander card through and through, best in decks that can grant it evasion or protect it long enough to attack twice.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$2.10 cheap tier
At $2.10, Cunning Giant sits in the cheap tier — low enough that the opportunity cost of trying it is minimal. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect price movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.