Erebos's Titan

Creature — Giant

As long as your opponents control no creatures, this creature has indestructible. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Whenever a creature card leaves an opponent's graveyard, you may discard a card. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
Magic Origins
Price
$0.36
EDHREC rank
#25289
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Erebos's Titan card art
Erebos's Titan is a 5/5 indestructible beater for four mana whenever your opponents have no cards in hand — and in black, emptying hands is a core game plan, not a side effect. The recursion clause seals it: as long as a creature leaves an opponent's graveyard, it comes back, making it genuinely hard to answer permanently.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Erebos's Titan is most at home in dedicated discard or reanimator shells where opponents hit empty hands reliably — outside those archetypes, the indestructibility clause is conditional enough that it competes with unconditionally indestructible options. In Modern and Legacy, a four-mana 5/5 indestructible is too slow for the formats' combo-heavy or tempo-driven environments, and the hand-size condition is nearly impossible to guarantee against proactive decks. Pioneer is marginally friendlier to midrange black threats, but Erebos's Titan still lacks the immediate impact to compete with the format's best four-drops. Oathbreaker replicates the Commander dynamic — pair it with a discard-focused planeswalker and the recursion clause becomes genuinely oppressive.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.36 bulk tier

At $0.36, Erebos's Titan is firmly bulk, which is fair given how conditional its best abilities are outside a dedicated shell. It won't spike without a strong reprint or sudden archetype breakout, so pick it up now if the deck calls for it — there's no financial risk at this price point.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.