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Benthic Giant

Creature — Giant5 generic manaBlue mana

Hexproof on an otherwise blank body is the keyword stripped to its purpose at common: a creature that targeted removal simply cannot answer, paired with a frame big enough that the alternatives are uncomfortable too. The 4/5 matters more than the power suggests, because once point-removal is off the table the opponent is left with the awkward answers: a sweeper, a bigger blocker, or chump-trading into it turn after turn. That is the whole design, a wall-with-teeth that an opponent cannot interact with on their own terms and that slowly converts a stalled board into a clock. Six mana is the balancing weight. A body that does not evade, does not trample, and brings no card advantage is expensive for what it is, which keeps it pinned in the late-game-stabilizer slot rather than anything that swings a game on curve. The teaching value is real and deliberate: hexproof reframes the creature as a combat-math problem instead of a removal target. You stop asking how to kill it and start asking how to go around it or outlast it. Plain in the extreme, and plain on purpose.

Benthic Giant (ths)
THS · #41common
Pricing
Normal: $0.03
Foil: $0.18
Oracle Text

Rules text

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

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

2 sets
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