Thundering Giant
Creature — Giant
Haste (This creature can attack and 
as soon as it comes under your control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #28356
Thundering Giant lands as a 4/4 haste that swings the turn it arrives — but five mana for a vanilla threat with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no evasion is below rate in every format that matters. There are better options at this slot in virtually every red deck.
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 |
Thundering Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but being legal and being good are different things. In Pauper it's the most relevant home — common-only pools shrink the competition — but even there a 4/4 haste for five trades poorly with efficient blockers and removal. In Commander, 40 life totals demand threats that do more than attack once; Thundering Giant offers no value on entry, no resilience, and no synergy hooks that other five-drops don't do better. Across the powered formats, it simply doesn't exist as a consideration.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Thundering Giant is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is close to none. Nothing about its playability suggests that changes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.