Giant Beaver
Creature — Beaver Mount
Vigilance
Whenever this creature attacks while saddled, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature that saddled it this turn.
Saddle 3 (Tap any number of other creatures you control with total power 3 or more: This Mount becomes saddled until end of turn. Saddle only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #17640
Giant Beaver is a 2/4 for three mana with a tap ability that prevents a land from untapping — a marginal rate that rarely justifies a deckbuilding slot. The effect exists on better bodies and cheaper spells; Giant Beaver is the version you run only when redundancy is the whole point.
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 |
Giant Beaver is legal everywhere but relevant nowhere. In Commander, soft land denial is generally too slow and too targeted to matter — you need to lock down multiple lands to meaningfully slow an opponent, and a single tap effect on a 2/4 does not get there. Constructed formats demand efficiency Giant Beaver cannot provide; a three-mana 2/4 with a tap-to-inconvenience ability does not clear the bar in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, or Legacy. Pauper is the one format where oddly costed green creatures sometimes find homes, but even there Giant Beaver competes against staples that win combat or generate card advantage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Giant Beaver is deep bulk — the kind of price that reflects near-zero demand rather than supply. It holds that floor indefinitely unless a future card or combo makes tap-a-land-on-a-stick suddenly essential, which is not a bet worth making.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.