Printings
Tectonic Giant
Card Information
Type: Creature — Elemental Giant
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 808
Oracle 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.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 24, 2020
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.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
Playing an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't play it multiple times.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
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.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
If you don't play the exiled card that you chose, it remains in exile with the card you didn't choose.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
Players can cast spells and activate abilities after the triggered ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
If a spell targets Tectonic Giant more than once, its ability triggers only once.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2020
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.
Source: wotc
Price History
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