Oathsworn Giant
Creature — Giant Soldier
Vigilance
Other creatures you control get +0/+2 and have vigilance.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #13914
Oathsworn Giant gives all your creatures with defender +0/+2, turning a board of walls into a wall of stats — and under Doran, the Siege Tower, that toughness bonus translates directly into offensive power. Six mana is a real cost, but the anthem effect is permanent and immediate, and in the right shell it pays off the turn it lands.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Doran, the Siege Tower
Doran, the Siege Tower makes creatures deal damage equal to their toughness, so the +0/+2 grant from Oathsworn Giant is functionally a +2/+2 anthem for every defender on board — which is exactly the kind of stacking redundancy the archetype wants.
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 |
Oathsworn Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it earns a slot is Commander — specifically Doran-style toughness-matters builds where its anthem effect compounds with other static effects. In Legacy and Modern it's outclassed at six mana by nearly anything else in a white shell, and no competitive deck in either format is assembling a critical mass of defenders. Commander is where Oathsworn Giant belongs: the singleton environment lets it fill a niche role without demanding it be generically powerful, and a 60-card format with real time pressure would cut it before round one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Oathsworn Giant is bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck calls for it. Bulk rares with narrow applications don't appreciate, so treat this as a pure utility buy, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.