Skyraker Giant
Creature — Giant
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25184
Skyraker Giant enters the battlefield and immediately strips flying from one creature until end of turn — a relevant but narrow effect stapled to a 4/3 body for five mana. Paying five for a one-time, temporary grounding that doesn't even remove the threat is a bad rate in nearly every context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skyraker Giant is legal everywhere but competitive nowhere. In Commander, temporary flight removal on an ETB doesn't trade well against the format's volume of flying threats, and a 4/3 for five is well below the power curve for a 100-card singleton environment. In Pauper, commons at five mana need to either stabilize the board or win the game — Skyraker Giant does neither reliably. Across Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, faster and more permanent solutions exist at lower mana costs, leaving no real argument for running it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Skyraker Giant sits firmly in bulk territory. Bulk commons and uncommons rarely move unless a combo or mechanic elevates them, and nothing about Skyraker Giant's text suggests that's coming.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.