Giant Harbinger
Creature — Giant Shaman
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Giant card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #15456
Giant Harbinger enters the battlefield and immediately tutors any Giant to the top of your library — a free setup piece on a 5/5 body. The seven-mana cost is real, but in Aegar, the Freezing Flame decks that want to chain Giants and trigger excess damage draw, the tutor-on-entry effect earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Giant Harbinger appears in 42% of Aegar, the Freezing Flame decks because it fetches exactly the Giant you need to keep Aegar's excess-damage draw engine firing — whether that's a high-power beater to hit toughness thresholds or a utility Giant to set up the next turn.
Ruhan of the Fomori
Ruhan of the Fomori is himself a Giant, and that tribal overlap gives Giant Harbinger a home — tutoring up combat threats or lords in a shell that already wants big attacking creatures on board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Giant Harbinger is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive eternal formats have no interest in a seven-mana creature with no immediate board impact beyond a tutor trigger. Commander is where Giant Harbinger actually sees play — specifically tribal Giant builds that can afford to deploy it in the mid-to-late game and recoup the tempo through raw card quality. Outside of that niche, it's a bulk rare that sits in binders.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Giant Harbinger is firmly bulk — a low-risk pickup for any Giants deck. Bulk tribal pieces at this price point tend to stay flat unless a new Giant commander spikes interest, so grab it for the deck and don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
- Ruhan of the Fomori
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.