Hill Giant
Seventh Edition 196★ • common
- Set
- Seventh Edition
- Collector number
- 196★
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dany Orizio
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Hill giants are mostly just big. Of course, that does count for a lot.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Hill Giant card from the Seventh Edition of Magic: The Gathering was released in 2001 as part of the game's core set refresh. Seventh Edition served as a cornerstone release, marking the first time the game featured white-bordered cards with a revamped design aesthetic aimed at improving readability and modernizing the overall card frame, which had remained largely static since the mid-nineties.
The illustration for this iteration was created by artist Greg Staples, whose work often brings a gritty, atmospheric intensity to the fantasy genre. In this specific depiction, Staples aimed to emphasize the hulking, primal nature of the giant, moving away from the more whimsical or caricature-heavy styles seen in earlier core sets. The card was well-received by players for its reliable, straightforward utility as a staple common creature, cementing its place as a quintessential example of red-aligned combat power during that era.
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