Rotting Giant
Creature — Zombie Giant
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, sacrifice it unless you exile a card from your graveyard.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #30221
Rotting Giant puts a 3/3 body on the board for two mana, but the discard cost means you're trading card advantage to get there. It's a bulk creature that rarely justifies the slot.
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 |
Rotting Giant sees essentially no competitive play across any format where it's legal. In Commander, a 3/3 for two with a built-in tempo penalty is outclassed by nearly every efficient two-drop in black or blue — the singleton constraint means you never run a card like this unless it does something unique, and Rotting Giant doesn't. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but ignore it entirely; the power ceiling in those formats makes a vanilla-statted discard-to-play creature invisible. This one stays in the bulk box.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Rotting Giant is pure bulk — the kind of card that gets pulled from a draft chaff pile and rarely moves. Don't expect the price to shift; there's no competitive demand pulling it in any direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.