Pummeler for Hire
Creature — Giant Mercenary
Vigilance, reach
Ward 
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
When this creature enters, you gain X life, where X is the greatest power among Giants you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #26000
Pummeler for Hire enters as a massive threat and immediately pressures life totals — the question is always whether you can justify the mana investment. If your deck can reliably cheat it into play or exploit its enters-the-battlefield impact, it earns its slot; if you're casting it fair, there are cheaper closes.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Pummeler for Hire fits most naturally — the singleton format rewards high-impact threats, and the longer game gives you time to set up the mana or reanimation lines it wants. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the bar for expensive creatures is brutal, and Pummeler for Hire has to fight for space against threats with more built-in protection or immediate board presence. Standard is the softest environment for it; if the format is slow enough, raw power can carry a card even at a steep cost. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters outside of fringe reanimator shells — the card simply doesn't do enough relative to what those formats enable on turns one and two.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Pummeler for Hire is pure bulk — zero financial barrier to picking up copies for any brew that wants it. Bulk rares rarely appreciate unless they find a breakout competitive home, and nothing about this card's profile suggests that's imminent.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.