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Galactus, Devourer of Worlds

Legendary Creature — Elder Alien10 generic mana

Ten mana buys three things the game usually charges dearly for and rarely bundles together: an unconditional exile-on-entry, an indestructible 12/12 with flying and trample, and a threat that keeps pointing itself at the largest life total across the table. The exile trigger is the closer's insurance, cleanly removing whatever answer or blocker stands between the cast and the kill, and it fires whether Galactus is hardcast or cheated into play. The Insatiable Hunger clause is where the flavor gets teeth. Instead of the "may attack" freedom a finisher this size would normally get, the card is compelled: it must swing at whoever is highest on life, every combat, dictating your attacks rather than letting you steer them. That compulsion is the price the rate pays for itself, and the release valve is a single named creature, Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald, whose presence turns the mandatory attacker back into a controllable one. Restriction and narrative sit on the same lever here: the Herald leashes the hunger both mechanically and in story. Absent that leash, the card politicks on your behalf, forcing engagement with the strongest seat whether or not that is where you want the damage to land. Most oversized bombs ask only that you find the mana; this one asks that you accept where it points once you have.

Galactus, Devourer of Worlds (msc)
MSC · #8rare
Pricing
Normal: $8.14
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Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying, trample, indestructible When Galactus enters, exile target permanent. Insatiable Hunger — Galactus attacks an opponent with the most life among your opponents each combat if able unless you control a creature named Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald.
Legalities

Format Status

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