Shatterskull Giant
Creature — Giant Warrior
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #30103
Shatterskull Giant is a 4/2 for five mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no text beyond its creature types — it trades at parity with a 2/2 token and leaves nothing behind. There is no competitive context where this rate is acceptable.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Shatterskull Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper, where the bar for five-mana creatures is already brutal, a vanilla 4/2 doesn't come close to making the cut. In Commander, 99-card singleton construction demands that every slot justify its seat, and Shatterskull Giant offers no enters-the-battlefield trigger, no synergy hook, and a body that dies to a stiff breeze. Every other format either ignores it entirely or is laughing.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Shatterskull Giant is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than it does to buy. That price reflects the market's consensus accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.