Squash

Instant

This spell costs {3} less to cast if you control a Giant.

Squash deals 6 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Brawl	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
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

keizerbuns on Modern Giants

2 years ago

zapyourtumor haha that's cause it was based off my standard version of this deck, Giant Trouble in Little Standard. I made this into a modern deck just cause I really liked the combo of Hamletback Goliath and Surtland Flinger .

I didn't want to add too many non-creature spells or else I totally would've added a few more burn spells like Lightning Bolt in here. I have thought about cutting out green but I also like how well Beanstalk Giant combos with Surtland Flinger. Plus it enables me to get Hamletback Goliath out on turn 4 by playing Invasion of the Giants turn 2, Beanstalk Giant turn 3, then my big boi turn 4, which is always fun.

I really like Ancient Grudge as a replacement to Sunder Shaman so I'm definitely gonna do that! And I agree that Vanquisher's Banner could be cut, but it's tons of fun when I do get it out and I'm mostly just playing this deck casually, not so much competitively.

Also, I do really like Stinkdrinker Daredevil , however it would end up dying to my own Battle of Frost and Fire so I'm not so sure I would want it in there. Crush Underfoot isn't too bad, but Squash is just a bit more consistent in damage and it combos well with the last ability of Battle of Frost and Fire .

I never noticed Inferno Titan and Frost Titan when I made this deck so they might both be worth looking into! I did have Crystalline Giant in this deck originally but I took it out cause it felt too inconsistent and I needed room for Surtland Flinger and Hamletback Goliath haha. Thundercloud Shaman is also definitely worth playtesting in place of Battle of Frost and Fire so I'll have to try that out too.

Thanks for all of your suggestions, they were really well thought out and very helpful! :D

Sorin_Markov_1947 on Giant Trouble in Little Standard

3 years ago

Invasion of the Giants is an immediate four-of. That card does anything you want it to. Battle of Frost and Fire if you're playing against a lot of creature decks should be a four-of, but I think three is fine. You probably don't want Embercleave, as giants go big and not wide.

I think you have enough three-drops that Beanstalk Giant is pretty low on the priority list. I think you could easily cut it and help your manabase as well. Speaking of manabase, add in a land or two. Giants goes big! Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip is a decent option for how much mana you want.

Cyclone Summoner is a good top-end, maybe even sooner with Invasion of the Giants. It's basically a Cyclonic Rift in Standard. Thryx, the Sudden Storm is another possibility as a flash blocker that makes Cyclone Summoner cheaper, but that's up to you. It's a meh. Now what I consider is not a meh is Shatterskull Charger . Very underrated card. It's a giant, you get the option of making it immune to wipes/sorcery removal and just get in a few extra damage, or making it a solid haste giant. Basalt Ravager and/or Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip is an alternative to Squash , though Basalt Ravager has kind of let me down. A 4/2 is just so easy to kill.

If you need more to cut after Embercleave and Beanstalk Giant, cut Crystalline Giant. With Shatterskull Charger, you've still got that three-slot (kind of) and Crystalline is just kind of meh as well. It's random if it becomes good and is mainly just a 3/3 for 3.

A friend of mine made a build of Izzet Giants with these changes and some more and had good success in the play queue. If you play it a good bit, it might even get you up to plat. Here's his video showing how well it does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JF1aHemcL8

Obrubnik99 on Izzet Giants

3 years ago

Hi! Nice deck, I also tried out Izzet Giants a little bit.

Some thoughts of mine: I have been really unimpressed with Aegar, the Freezing Flame . I was really hyped for him, but he didn't do anything when I played him. Everytime I would rather play a different card. So I personally would cut him. You already have a lot of three drops in Bonecrusher and Crystalline, so that isn't a problem.

Then I would take out Tundra Fumarole and Shadowspear and add one Frost Bite and one Squash .

Another great card you should definitely run is Invasion of the Giants . Scry, draw and discounted Giant? Epic. I would play a full play set of this Saga.

Other than that, good luck!

DanMcSharp on Standard burn

3 years ago

Hello,

First off, when you say "cutting the last few cards" do you mean to go from 83 to 60 cards? That's a lot of cutting! lol

Anyway, usually "burn" decks want to have a lot of cards that can hit the player's health, otherwise you could just be stock in a match-up where most of your cards don't do much. Maybe start by cutting a few copies of cards like Demon Bolt , Frost Bite , Tundra Fumarole , Soul Sear and Squash . Those cards make more sense when the "burn" part of the deck is only meant to help you stay alive into mid to late game, not as much when you try to use them as win cons. I'm guessing you mean to get the most out of Toralf, God of Fury  ^Flip with those spells, but instead I would cut a few copies of him as well.

You could cut a few copies of Aegar, the Freezing Flame since it's legendary. It's a good card but I don't think it's good enough to have 1 in play and be stuck with 2 more in your hand. Chances are you won't even be able to play it anyway since you only run 4 lands that produce blue mana as it is. On the other hand, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell is probably overpowered enough to stay at 4! lol

Speaking of lands, I'm not sure why you have a mix of basic lands and snow basic lands, might as well go all snow if you want to make use of them. Adding 4 Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip would probably be a good idea too.

If you had more blue mana in your lands you could probably afford to have some more useful cards like Negate in your sideboard instead of a full playset of Ox of Agonas and Tibalt's Trickery . Btw, just to be sure, that Tibalt card isn't meant to be used as a counter spell. It's meant to be used on your own spell in very wild combo decks that can predict the outcome.

Hopefully these suggestions are useful, cheers!

Titus7007 on Izzet Giants

3 years ago

4x Scorching Dragonfire 4x Bonecrusher Giant and 3x Squash keeps the heat off ya tho