Grasping Giant
Card Information
Type: Creature — Giant
Mana Cost: 5
CMC: 6
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Theros Beyond Death (THB)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 288
Oracle Text
Vigilance Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, exile that creature until this creature leaves the battlefield.
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Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 24, 2020
If more than one creature blocks Grasping Giant, its ability triggers once for each of those creatures.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
Grasping Giant doesn’t become unblocked when the creatures blocking it are exiled. Unless it gains trample, it won’t deal combat damage.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist. When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
If Grasping Giant leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the blocking creature won’t be exiled.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.
Source: wotc
Price History
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