Hill Giant
Ninth Edition 197★ • common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Collector number
- 197★
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Dany Orizio
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
Fortunately, hill giants have large blind spots in which a human can easily hide. Unfortunately, these blind spots are beneath the bottoms of their feet.
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 has been a foundational element of Magic: The Gathering since its original debut in the Alpha set, serving as a quintessential example of a 'vanilla' creature designed to teach players the basics of combat math and mana efficiency. By the release of Ninth Edition in 2005, the card had become a recurring staple of the Core Set, intended to provide a reliable, mid-level threat for both limited formats and new players learning the game's mechanics.
For this specific Ninth Edition printing, artist Dany Orizio provided a fresh interpretation of the classic creature. Moving away from the more primitive depictions of earlier sets, Orizio utilized a polished, digital painting style that emphasizes the brute physical scale and rugged, mountainous environment of the giant. The art was well-received for bringing a more contemporary, high-fantasy aesthetic to one of the game's most enduring and recognizable common creatures.
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