Giant's Skewer
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+1.
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a creature, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Equip 
(: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #14263
Giant's Skewer staples a free Food token onto every creature that deals combat damage to a player — relevant lifegain, artifact fodder, and Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar fuel all bundled into a one-mana equip package. The equip cost of two keeps it honest, but one attack trigger pays for the whole card.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar
Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar's activated ability requires discarding a Food, so Giant's Skewer turns any evasive attacker into a repeating spell engine — hit a player, make a Food, discard it to cast a free Asmor spell on the spot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Giant's Skewer is a Commander card through and through — the incremental Food generation compounds over a long game in ways that matter far more across four opponents than in a one-on-one race. In Pauper it's legal but the format moves too fast for a two-mana equip to generate meaningful value before the game is decided. Modern and Pioneer have no shell that wants a slow Food producer over dedicated synergy pieces, so it doesn't register there. The card's home is squarely in Commander, specifically in Food-matters or sacrifice-value builds where each token is a resource, not just a life buffer.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Giant's Skewer is deep bulk — pick it out of a common box and never think about the price again. Bulk Food synergy pieces don't spike, so this stays near floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.