Benthic Giant
Theros 41 • common
- Set
- Theros
- Collector number
- 41
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- Market price
- $0.04
What it does
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
"Some fates you can see coming for you, plain as day, and there's nothing you can do about them."— Callaphe the mariner
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Benthic Giant was released in 2013 as part of the Theros set, a Magic: The Gathering expansion heavily inspired by Greek mythology and the tropes of heroic epic poems. Within the game's mechanics, the card serves as a common-rarity creature designed to provide a sturdy, high-toughness defensive presence during the limited draft environment of the set. It represents the monstrous entities that sailors in the Theros setting might encounter while traversing the uncharted waters of the Nyx-touched seas.
The illustration for this card was executed by the artist Slawomir Maniak, who utilized a dramatic, low-angle perspective to emphasize the sheer scale of the creature emerging from the ocean depths. Maniak's approach focuses on the interplay of bioluminescence and shadow to convey the isolation and vastness of the setting. Upon its release, the card was received as a functional, foundational piece of the Theros blue color identity, valued primarily for its reliability in matches rather than as a centerpiece for competitive deck strategies.
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