Siegebreaker Giant
Creature — Giant Warrior
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
: Target creature can't block this turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25682
Siegebreaker Giant puts a 5/4 trample body on the board and forces your opponents to block it over your smaller threats — that forced-blocking rider is real pressure in go-wide attack strategies. The five-mana cost is steep enough that it competes hard for a slot in any non-Giant-tribal shell.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Siegebreaker Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play outside Commander Giant-tribal builds. In Constructed formats, five mana for a 5/4 with a conditional forced-block ability doesn't clear the bar when the format has faster, more impactful threats at every point on the curve. In Commander, Siegebreaker Giant earns its slot specifically in Giant-tribal shells where the forced-block text creates real combat math problems for opponents trying to manage a wide board.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Siegebreaker Giant is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely appreciate, so pick it up freely for Giant-tribal lists but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.