Tectonic Giant
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Theros Beyond Death PromosPTHB · #158p
- Card type
- Creature — Elemental Giant
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.32 € · ★ 0.63 € · 0.32 $ · ★ 1.27 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- Red
Card text
Whenever this creature attacks or becomes the target of a spell an opponent controls, choose one — • This creature deals 3 damage to each opponent. • Exile the top two cards of your library. Choose one of them. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Slawomir Maniak
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2020-01-24
Rulings
An ability that triggers when a creature becomes the target of a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
If a spell targets Tectonic Giant more than once, its ability triggers only once.
If you don't play the exiled card that you chose, it remains in exile with the card you didn't choose.
Players can cast spells and activate abilities after the triggered ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does.
Playing an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't play it multiple times.
Tectonic Giant doesn't change when you can play the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
You choose which of the exiled cards you'll be able to play while the ability is resolving. You can't wait to pick one later. The other card remains in exile.
