Highland Giant
Creature — Giant
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30748
Highland Giant is a 3/4 for four mana with no abilities — a vanilla body that was underpowered at printing and has only fallen further behind as the game's power level has risen. There is no format or archetype where this is the correct choice over a creature that does something on entry or in combat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Highland Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper, where the common card pool is deep with efficient creatures, a 3/4 for four with no text doesn't make the cut. In Commander, 100-card decks demand every slot pull real weight — Highland Giant offers a medium-sized body and nothing else at a mana cost where Loxodon Smiter, Restoration Angel, and dozens of other commons and uncommons exist. It's hard to construct a scenario in any of these formats where this card is the right answer.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Highland Giant is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in draft chaff piles rather than trade binders. That price reflects exactly what it is, and there's no demand signal that would push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.