Wayward Giant
Creature — Giant
Menace
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29228
Wayward Giant is a 4/4 with trample for five mana — passable stats, no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond trample. At that cost, you need more than a body, and this doesn't deliver it.
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 |
Wayward Giant is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but that breadth doesn't translate to playability. In Pauper it sits at the top of the curve where competition for five-mana commons is fierce and efficiency is everything. In Commander, a 4/4 trample for five with no other text doesn't clear the bar — 99-card decks can run Aggressive Mammoth or Crash the Party and get far more value at similar cost. Wayward Giant is the kind of card that makes the cut in sealed and gets cut from every constructed list the next day.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Wayward Giant is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without checking the price. There's no realistic path to appreciation here; it's a filler common that fills filler roles.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.