Is Warchief Giant good in Commander?

Warchief Giant in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Warchief Giant hits the board as a 6/4 that immediately deals damage to each opponent equal to the number of Giants you control — no attack step required. At six mana that's a narrow payoff, but in any dedicated Giants shell it's a repeatable pain trigger every time a new Giant enters, and Gornog, the Red Reaper decks treat it as a mandatory inclusion.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Gornog, the Red Reaper

52.9% of decks · synergy 0.52

Gornog, the Red Reaper triggers off Giants dealing noncombat damage to opponents, and Warchief Giant's enter-the-battlefield ping does exactly that — every Giant you play after this one becomes a free Gornog activation.

02

Aegar, the Freezing Flame

39.9% of decks · synergy 0.40

Aegar, the Freezing Flame draws a card whenever a Giant or Wizard deals excess damage to a creature or player, so Warchief Giant's blanket damage ping can convert directly into card advantage if any opponent has zero toughness blockers or the damage hits a planeswalker with fewer loyalty than the amount dealt.

03

The Master, Multiplied

40.2% of decks · synergy 0.39

The Master, Multiplied copies creatures, and since Warchief Giant's trigger counts the number of Giants on board, each token copy of Warchief Giant that enters retriggers the effect with an ever-growing headcount — the damage scales hard with token density.

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

Warchief Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is Commander — Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a six-mana vanilla-adjacent creature with a tribal payoff. In Commander, Warchief Giant is a role-player, not a staple: it earns its slot in Giants tribal lists and nowhere else. Outside that tribe, six mana for a 6/4 with no protection and a situational ping is a poor rate by any Commander table's standard.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.07 cheap tier

At $1.07, Warchief Giant sits in the bulk-rare tier — cheap enough to include without hesitation if you're building Giants, and not a card you'd ever trade toward. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.