Krosan Colossus
Creature — Beast
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Masters 25
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #14831
Krosan Colossus puts a 9/9 trample body on the board — the problem is that eight mana is a steep ask for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no built-in protection. Kaust, Eyes of the Glade changes the math entirely by letting you cycle it for free, turning a win-more fatty into a zero-cost threat that fills the graveyard or hand at instant speed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade's ability to cycle creatures for free makes Krosan Colossus effectively a free card — you cycle it to trigger Kaust, then reanimate or cascade into it later without ever paying the eight mana.
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods gives every tapped creature the ability to deal damage equal to its power, which means Krosan Colossus's 9 power becomes a direct-damage cannon the moment it's in play alongside any attack trigger.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Krosan Colossus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in an eight-mana vanilla — those formats end games before it ever resolves. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it needs a cost-reduction or reanimation shell to justify the slot. In Kaust or Yarus builds where cycling cost matters more than casting cost, Krosan Colossus earns its place; in a generic green stompy list, it's outclassed by creatures that do something the turn they enter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Krosan Colossus is pure bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not a binder. Bulk mythics rarely recover value without a competitive breakout, and nothing in the current metagame is pushing this one there.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.