Is Elfsworn Giant good in Commander?

Elfsworn Giant

Creature — Giant

Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.

CMC: 5
Mana cost
Color identity: G
Rarity: common
Set: Foundations
Price: $0.29
EDHREC rank: #5280

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Elfsworn Giant lands and immediately puts a land into play tapped, then swings as a 5/5 trampler — that's a free ramp trigger stapled to a body that closes games. Kodama of the East Tree turns that land-entering-the-battlefield into a cascade of free permanents, and Galadriel of Lothlórien counts it as a land drop to keep the scry engine churning.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Galadriel of Lothlórien

31.5% of decks · synergy 0.30

Galadriel of Lothlórien cares about lands entering tapped, and Elfsworn Giant delivers one on arrival — triggering scry and the draw condition without spending an extra card.

Loot, Exuberant Explorer

21.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

Loot, Exuberant Explorer rewards any land hitting the battlefield with treasure and more exploration, so Elfsworn Giant's enters-the-battlefield land drop slots cleanly into that resource chain.

Tatyova, Benthic Druid

14.0% of decks · synergy 0.12

Every land entering the battlefield draws a card and gains life under Tatyova, Benthic Druid, so Elfsworn Giant's free land trigger converts immediately into card advantage the turn it arrives.

Zimone and Dina

12.5% of decks · synergy 0.12

Zimone and Dina wants repeated land drops to drain opponents, and Elfsworn Giant supplies one the moment it enters — feeding the life-loss engine while adding a threatening body to the board.

Bonny Pall, Clearcutter

11.3% of decks · synergy 0.10

Bonny Pall, Clearcutter generates Ox tokens whenever big creatures enter, and a 5/5 Elfsworn Giant qualifies — so you get a land drop and a token from the same card.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Elfsworn Giant earns its slot — landfall commanders treat the enters-the-battlefield land drop as a free spell, and a 5/5 trampler is a real threat at any table. Outside Commander, a six-mana 5/5 with a slow land ramp effect is too far behind the curve in Modern or Pioneer, where six mana buys you game-ending haymakers. In Legacy and Vintage the competition is even steeper; Elfsworn Giant won't find a home there. Pauper and Standard are the only non-Commander formats where it could see fringe play if a dedicated landfall shell exists in the current card pool, but it remains a Commander card first and last.

Key Combos

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