Giant's Ire
Kindred Sorcery — Giant
Giant's Ire deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. If you control a Giant, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #21028
Giant's Ire deals 3 damage to each opponent and draws a card for one red mana — that's the whole pitch, and it's a strong one in the right shell. Outside of Aegar, the Freezing Flame decks that specifically want spells pinging for excess damage, it's too narrow to run.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame triggers off spells that deal excess damage to creatures — Giant's Ire hits each opponent for 3 with no creature required, guaranteeing the draw trigger while also replacing itself outright, which makes it one of the cleanest one-mana spells in the 99.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Giant's Ire is a Commander card first and almost exclusively. In that format, hitting three opponents for 3 each and drawing a card for one mana is genuinely efficient, but it only earns a slot in decks that care about the damage event itself — Aegar, the Freezing Flame being the obvious home. In Pauper, the effect is too small to matter; you need card advantage that scales, and a one-shot draw-one doesn't cut it at common. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the bar for one-mana spells is absurd, and Giant's Ire doesn't clear it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Giant's Ire is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any common box or as a throw-in. Bulk commons that fill a specific niche in one popular commander deck tend to stay cheap indefinitely, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.