Rimeshield Frost Giant
Creature — Giant Warrior
Ward 
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #24292
Rimeshield Frost Giant gives your Snow creatures +0/+3 as long as it's on the battlefield — a static toughness pump that can turn fragile utility pieces into genuine blockers. Six mana for a 4/4 with no evasion and a passive anthem is too slow and too narrow outside dedicated Snow builds.
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 |
Rimeshield Frost Giant is a Snow-matters payoff that only earns its slot in Commander if your deck is built around that subtype — casual Snow tribal lists under commanders like Narfi, Betrayer King are the realistic home. In Pauper it's legal but unplayed; the format moves too fast for a six-mana vanilla-adjacent creature with conditional upside. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer are all legal on paper, but no competitive shell wants a six-mana 4/4 whose bonus applies only to Snow permanents. Rimeshield Frost Giant is a theme-deck card, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Rimeshield Frost Giant is deep bulk — buy it without thinking if Snow tribal is your project. That price reflects narrow demand and won't move unless a Snow commander breaks out and suddenly needs every lord effect it can find.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.