Benthic Giant

Creature — Giant

Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (6)

Optimator on Giant's Deck

3 years ago

Some more giants that are worth considering:

Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas - Kalemne is bae, but I'm biased.

Realm-Cloaked Giant - this card is mandatory.

Hundred-Handed One

Quarry Colossus - this one is passable.

Grasping Giant - I love this one--just put it in my Giant deck

Oathsworn Giant - Good utility if you are wanting to swing out every turn

Swathcutter Giant - I actually kinda like this one a lot.

Sentinel of the Eternal Watch -

Taurean Mauler - one of the best giants, sadly

Bonecrusher Giant - pretend you're terrorizing Standard!

Arbiter of Knollridge - gimmicky but fun.

Boldwyr Intimidator - I have one in my Warrior deck. Very funny card. Not exactly a powerhouse at 7CMC but the unblockable aspect could win a game here and there.

Siegebreaker Giant - Pretty good for 5 mana IMO

Non-Boros Giants Show

Now I know you had your heart set on Brion Stoutarm as your commander, but in case you wanted to fully deep-dive into true giant-tribal representation, here are the giants you may be missing out on. I said this last year, but if you aren't utilizing Brion's ability much you may be better off with Iroas, God of Victory or Kalemne, Disciple of Iroas as your commander. Or, a commander with other colors. Still, a 4/4 lifelinker with occasional utility is passable. Lifelink is underrated in EDH in my opinion.

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Beanstalk Giant - Ramp AND a giant body

Thryx, the Sudden Storm - Ramp and a giant FLYING body!

Sunder Shaman - fantastic removal. Love this guy. Kind of like a giant Trygon Predator.

Frost Titan and Grave Titan - the Titans are just stellar. Too bad Prime-Time (Primeval Titan) is banned!

Ondu Giant

Outland Colossus - great rate

Arbor Colossus - great rate

Earthshaker Giant

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Ruhan of the Fomori

Helldozer is pretty good, but three on-color is often difficult to do in a five-color deck

Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger and Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath - pretend you're terrorizing Standard and Modern!

Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig - Three on-color is difficult in three- and five-color decks, but most would skew Green for the utility and ramp cards so it wouldn't be impossible.

Nylea's Colossus - Doomwake Giant - Decent on their own, even without a bunch of enchantments around them.

Howling Giant

Galecaster Colossus - good even by itself

Erebos's Titan - a weird one!

Jotun Owl Keeper - another weird one!

Gorm the Great

Towering Titan

Garenbrig Paladin

Benthic Giant

Tithebearer Giant

Rampart Smasher

One thing that's tricky with Giants is that they are traditionally commons and uncommons; usually rare large red creatures are Dragons. As such, many giants are pretty low-impact or poor deals for their mana (think of the classic Hill Giant). There are enough good ones to fill out a deck, though, but you gotta hunt for them.

T_Dog345 on T_Dog345

4 years ago

Alright, let's see if maybe this will help. I'm really new to everything on here sorry. //Lands 2 Dismal Backwater 1 Dimir Guildgate 2 Submerged Boneyard 4 Evolving Wilds 2 Desert of the Mindful 1 Arcane Lighthouse 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Temple of the False God

//Spells 4 Duress 2 Ghoulcaller's Chant 3 Macabre Waltz 3 Sleep 4 Slip Through Space 2 Taigam's Scheming 4 Tome Scour 4 Lich's Caress 4 Sovereign's Bite 4 Resourceful Return 3 March of the Returned 1 In Garruk's Wake 1 Army of the Damned 1 Dutiful Return 1 Decompose 1 Worst Fears 1 Rise of the Dark Realms 4 Hubris 4 Countermand 1 Tezzeret's Touch 1 Paranoid Delusions 1 Coerced Confession 2 Mind Sculpt 1 Compelling Argument 1 Index 1 Redirect 1 Dream Twist 2 Gift of Tusks 2 Rewind 3 Thought Scour 2 Psychic Spiral 1 Gigadrowse 4 Negate 1 Overwhelming Denial 1 Dramatic Reversal 1 Impulse 2 Cremate 3 Crypt Incursion 2 Grim Harvest 1 Scarab Feast 1 Grim Return 1 Gravepurge 1 Dark Ritual 4 Font of Return 3 Death's Approach 2 Cast into Darkness 1 Triskaidekaphobia 1 Grave Betrayal 1 Endless Ranks of the Dead 3 Invisibility 2 Curiosity 4 Curse of the Bloody Tome 3 Illusory Wrappings 3 Ice Over 1 Chronic Flooding 1 Navigator's Ruin 1 Chant of the Skifsang 3 Bone Saw 3 Millstone 3 Tormod's Crypt 2 Trepanation Blade 1 Ghoulcaller's Bell 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity 1 Sol Ring 1 Nihil Spellbomb 1 Illusionist's Bracers 1 Codex Shredder 1 Profane Memento 1 Loxodon Warhammer 1 Bonehoard 1 Trusty Machete 1 Mirari 1 Argentum Armor

//Creatures 1 Archetype of Finality 1 Overeager Apprentice 1 Agent of Erebos 1 Butcher Ghoul 1 Risen Executioner 1 Dutiful Attendant 1 Sly Requisitioner 1 Sepulchral Primordial 2 Zombie Assassin 1 Nightmare 1 Marshmist Titan 3 Graven Abomination 4 Workshop Assistant 4 Guardians of Meletis 2 Phyrexian Revoker 2 Ornithopter 1 Juggernaut 2 Veilborn Ghoul 2 Minotaur Abomination 4 Undead Servant 3 Gravedigger 2 Mogis's Marauder 2 Bogstomper 4 Walking Corpse 3 Corpse Hauler 4 Gravewaker 2 Returned Phalanx 3 Faerie Miscreant 1 Master of Predicaments 2 Benthic Giant 1 Stormtide Leviathan 4 Screeching Skaab 2 Seer of the Last Tomorrow 1 Floating-Dream Zubera 3 Fog Bank 1 Possessed Skaab 3 Armored Skaab 2 Murmuring Phantasm 1 Wall of Frost 4 Doorkeeper 1 Clever Impersonator 1 Jace's Mindseeker 1 Oculus 1 Mindshrieker 1 Willbreaker 1 Spellweaver Eternal 1 Wall of Mist 1 Sultai Skullkeeper 1 Diregraf Captain

XYMystral on

5 years ago

Add:
Llanowar Elves
Explosive Vegetation
Harmonize
Nissa's Pilgrimage
Rampant Growth
Simic Signet
Sol Ring
Thran Dynamo
Beast Within
Krosan Grip
Burgeoning
Command Tower
Reliquary Tower
Temple of the False God
Sylvan Caryatid
Opal Palace
Farseek
Skyshroud Claim
Chromatic Lantern
Birds of Paradise
Courser of Kruphix
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Yavimaya Elder

Remove:
Arbor Elf
Beetleform Mage
Benthic Giant
Boreal Druid
Civic Wayfinder
Eldrazi Devastator
Gatecreeper Vine
Golden Hind
Mindscour Dragon
Primordial Sage
Ruin Processor
Simic Ragworm
Snapping Gnarlid
Tangle Asp
Territorial Baloth
Voyaging Satyr
Jace, Memory Adept
Cancel
Cerulean Wisps
Gigadrowse
Natural Connection
Spell Blast
Stubborn Denial
Sundering Vitae
Syncopate
Titanic Growth
Twiddle
Unnatural Aggression
Wear Away
Abundant Growth
Karametra's Favor
Nylea's Presence
Puca's Mischief
Verdant Haven
Wild Growth
Urban Evolution
Prophetic Prism
Ice Floe

Maybe:
Life's Legacy
Nature's Lore
Soul's Majesty
Momentous Fall
Arcane Lighthouse
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Cryptolith Rite

Will361405 on The Value Package

7 years ago

While tutoring for an emerge creature or Benthic Giant is good I feel like this deck can draw them easily but I will definitely try them put in the deck! Thanks!

landofMordor on My First BU Control Deck

7 years ago

Okay, so it seems to me like you've got a bunch of useful cards and you're not sure what to do with them. To start, I'd even reduce your lands down to 24 (start by taking out basic lands first). Typical deck size is 36 spells and 24 lands. Then, I'd consider making an advanced search on the deck builder that narrows the the decks by hub: Dimir and Casual and Control, probably. Look at some decks to figure out what kinds of things work well for other players.

The first spells I'd take out would be anything that didn't fit my goal of control. Benthic Giant, Desecration Demon, Morkrut Necropod, the Eldrazi. It also seems like you're gunning for a subtheme of energy counters from Kaladesh, but you only have a couple of ways to spend energy. You also have no artifacts, so I'd get rid of things like Tidy Conclusion that are only good if you have artifacts. If you want energy counters and control as the foci of your deck, then build around those things.

Best of luck! Feel free to check out any decks on my page -- I don't have any UB control but maybe it can get you thinking about spell/land ratios and things like that. Also let me know if I can clarify my post at all. Great start at deckbuilding. Cheers!

tlud27 on Build Your Own Dragon (Pauper Exhume)

8 years ago

Hi there!

I think I have to disagree so far as the Dragon enchantments are concerned. The most important one to me is the Dragon Breath, granting haste. Giving an early game Crusher haste gives them that much less time to react and that much less resources to react with.

Aside from that, I'm torn on the Red issue. I love Faithless Looting. True, I have Careful Study and Ideas Unbound in blue, but the flashback that the Looting offers remains valuable throughout the entire game, at less of a color requirement than Ideas. I'll test it both ways and consider it further.

Raven's Crime slipped my mind. That is an excellent option for this deck I think, if at the very least on the sideboard. I forgot that it was target player, so can make me pitch my own targets.

Jordanalessi- The best choice for hexproof at common would be Benthic Giant. The value of Angler is that I can cast it with a low number of lands in play, and the power of a hasted Crusher is such that I'm willing to risk his removal. I might consider one or two of them on the side for a heavier removal matchup, but I'm iffy that it deserves mainboard status at the moment. Only playtesting will tell!