Grasping Giant
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Theros Beyond DeathTHB · #288
- Card type
- Creature — Giant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.32 € · 0.59 $
- Mana value
- 6
- Power
- 5
- Toughness
- 7
- Colour
- White
Card text
Vigilance Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, exile that creature until this creature leaves the battlefield.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Jinho Bae
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-01-24
Flavour text
Mirinthes thought death was seconds away when the giant's fist closed around him. Two days later, he was praying for death's release.
Rulings
Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist. When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled.
Grasping Giant doesn’t become unblocked when the creatures blocking it are exiled. Unless it gains trample, it won’t deal combat damage.
If Grasping Giant leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the blocking creature won’t be exiled.
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
If more than one creature blocks Grasping Giant, its ability triggers once for each of those creatures.