Swathcutter Giant

Creature — Giant Soldier

Vigilance

Whenever Swathcutter Giant attacks, it deals 1 damage to each creature defending player controls.

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
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

carpecanum on They might be Giants

2 years ago

Inferno Titan, Swathcutter Giant and Brion Stoutarm could all benefit from Deathtouch equipment (Hammerfist Giant as well)

Put Inviolability on your Palisade Giant

Mark of Asylum makes the Hammerfist Giant more fun and lets you avoid damage based boardwipes

Redhearth on Kelsien, Double Tap

2 years ago

carpecanum I considered some of the cards you listed, but many were unknowns to me, good picks! I actually have Brigid, Hero of Kinsbaile in the deck, just didn't talk about her. I considered both Arcane Lighthouse and horobi,deaths wail, but the lighthouse seemed like overkill in my meta, and Horobi puts my board at an even more vulnerable state than usual. I didn't know about Manriki-Gusari , Tariel, Reckoner of Souls or Wojek Embermage , wojek and mankiri will probably find their way into the deck, but Tariel might not; this list is already over my wanted budget. Finally, instead of Shockmaw Dragon , I have Swathcutter Giant . I like vigilance a slight bit better than flying for decks with low creature count. Sorry for the slow reply, still getting used to the site.

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.

Sorin_Markov_1947 on Whraggro Build

4 years ago

Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin and/or Legion Warboss are good here. I think Bonecrusher Giant gives you some more options, and Fervent Champion is a good aggro card too. I think Swathcutter Giant can be dropped except against cats decks, and Heraldic Banner really isn't helping you much.

SynergyBuild on [Upgraded][C15] Wade into Battle - Boros Legion

5 years ago

You should run Basilisk Collar or like Gorgon's Head for budget so Swathcutter Giant is a targetted Fumigate every turn xD