Wall of Granite
Creature — Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #25804
Wall of Granite is a 7/2 defender for three mana — that blocking stat is enormous, but the defender restriction means it will never attack and the power is wasted. Spend three mana on a creature that actually threatens the board.
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 |
Wall of Granite is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and irrelevant in all of them. In Commander, a three-mana 7/2 that can only block fails the basic test: does it affect the board, advance your game plan, or threaten opponents? Defender walls see niche play in dedicated Arcades, the Strategist or High Alert builds where power-on-blockers becomes an offensive stat, but Wall of Granite's seven power is wasted without that infrastructure. In Legacy and Vintage, the competition at three mana is so deep that a pure blocker with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no text beyond defender simply doesn't register.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Wall of Granite is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a box at a card shop, not one you seek out. The price accurately reflects demand, which is effectively zero outside of casual collection purposes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.