Pointed Discussion

This is what I want to see in vanilla creatures. When 2/2-for-two cards have been repeatedly obsoleted(and at common, no less), it's almost become a necessity to slightly boost power and/or toughness for NOT having an ability. Yes, it's nice to be able to compare a card to Grizzly Bears to determine how good it is (ie. "Oh, it's a Hill Giant with flash" or "Grizzly Bears with a top hat"), but usually the value of a card is obvious from the get-go. Even if Air Elemental didn't exist to compare Diijn of Wishes to, the Diijn would still be a good card.

So this? Perfect. Now, doing it rarely on the one-mana side is probably for the best- I'm looking at you, Savannah Lions. But since most creatures are abilitied-up anyway, it's not so much of a problem if it starts showing up in the lower cost range.

Can we start reprinting these so I don't have to see Hill Giant's ugly mug ever again?

this needs to be reds new common 'hulk smash' card

no more hill giants, and ffs get rid of berserkers of the bloodridge

I really like this card. Your red draft deck needs it. Your red draft deck in M11 will need it. Reprint it!

Disturbing name though. I get a minor headache every time I read it.

Solid vanilla creature for limited play.

3/5

A very playable creature in limited.
Besides that, very cool art and name.

But above all else, this creature intrigues me, as it seems to indicate that there are two different varieties of giant on Zendikar; these guys, and the lizard like Hurda (Caravan Hurda, Battle Hurda).

I thought Hill Giant stopped being the "average" standard when Trained Armodon came out, but I guess green is supposed to have better creatures for the same cost. This is just a functional reprint of Lowland Giant. It still follows the Hill Giant formula because it's 2RR instead of 3R in exchange for an additional 1 power.

Better than Hill Giants if you are running mono-red.

Red's poor attempt at Leatherback Baloth.

Just once, before I die, I want to say "I equip Batterskull to Shatterskull."

Its a decent vanilla. 3 stars because its playable.

@achilleselbow: At least someone knows Lowland Giant... Everybody else seems to think that this is a new card, instead of a functional reprint.

I like it, even its Tempest incarnation, since sometimes I used to actually play it, with some satisfaction... I too would like to see it (or the tempest one) reprinted instead of Hill Giant, but maybe the reason for that is that Hill Giant is more splashable, so preferible in a sealed o draft.

3/5

P.S.: now I'm aware that even more recently they make another functional reprint of this card, in the name of Ogre Resister. Not a great name, if I have to say... And it's an Ogre, if that matters...
Of all the incarnation of a 4/3 for , this has the best art, I think.

limited card only. Most of your booster packs contain cards only meant for limtied. If your not drafting or playing sealed, and your purchasing booster packs, your doing it wrong.

Mitra, you fool, the giants aren't angry because the rocks are falling -- if they hated it here, they'd just leave. No, the rocks are falling because the giants are angry.