Earthshaking Si
Creature — Beast
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Global Series Jiang Yanggu & Mu Yanling
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #30416
Earthshaking Si lands as a creature that makes a land unable to untap — repeated pressure on a single mana source for a body that also attacks. The cost is that it only locks down one land and requires the creature to stay alive, so removal blanks the effect entirely.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Earthshaking Si is a fringe playable at best — three players means three mana bases to worry about, and tying your disruption to a single creature that can be blocked or killed makes the effect unreliable at a table of four. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a three-mana creature that doesn't immediately win the game or protect itself. Pauper is where Earthshaking Si has the most plausible home, in aggressive or tempo shells that can protect the board and punish color-screwed opponents.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Earthshaking Si is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. Don't expect the price to move; there's no spike target here, just a cheap filler card if the effect fits a specific slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.