Tectonic Giant

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Tectonic Giant: Creature - Elemental Giant, Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Elemental Giant
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
168
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Commander rank
2,915 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Tectonic Giant

Tectonic Giant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC), a Commander product released in September 2024. It is collector number 168 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Theros Beyond Death (2020) to Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Tectonic Giant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Tectonic Giant

Tectonic Giant has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Starter Commander Decks (SCD) #161Rare2022
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #808Rare2022
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #144Rare2021
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #79895Rare2020
Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #158pRare2020
Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #158sRare2020
Theros Beyond Death (THB) #158Rare2020
Theros Beyond Death (THB) #323Rare2020

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Tectonic Giant, newest first.

  • 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.
  • Playing an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't play it multiple times.
  • 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 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.
  • If a spell targets Tectonic Giant more than once, its ability triggers only once.
  • 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.

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