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Giant's Boulder
Giant's Boulder1
Artifact
When this artifact enters, scry 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.) 1 , T : Add one mana of any color. 7 , T , Sacrifice this artifact: Destroy target permanent.
common

Giant's Boulder

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Limited summary

A cheap utility artifact that smooths draws, filters mana into any color, and eventually becomes universal permanent removal. It is especially valuable in Storied decks, though its mana ability filters rather than ramps.

Roles

Mana FixingRole — Helps cast multicolor spells or a splash.RemovalRole — Kills or neutralizes opposing creatures or permanents.EnablerSets up the condition its archetype's payoffs reward. Count your enablers before valuing payoffs highly.

Archetypes

RW Dwarves / StoriedRW Dwarves / Storied — BorosDwarf tribal deck built around Storied: once you control three or more artifacts, legendaries, and/or Sagas, you have an 'enduring story' for the rest of the game, permanently upgrading your Storied cards.How it plays: Count your artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas when building — you want to turn on the enduring story early and reliably. Equipment counts twice here (artifact + Dwarf tribal support). Once the story is on, it stays on, so cheap enablers that die don't turn it off.

Play around this

Once its controller has eight available mana, avoid exposing a key permanent unnecessarily or force them to tap mana before committing it; the activated ability can destroy any permanent, including a land.

Gameplay notes

Use the scry to fix weak opening draws, and treat the mana ability as color filtering rather than acceleration because activating it costs one mana. The destruction ability requires eight total available mana: seven for the activation plus the mana needed before tapping Giant's Boulder.

Key synergies

Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills
Dáin, Lord of the Iron HillsEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Giant's Boulder cheaply supplies one of the three qualifying permanents needed for an enduring story, helping Dáin turn on his attack-taxing ability early.

Fateful Discovery
Fateful DiscoveryDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Casting Giant's Boulder with Fateful Discovery in play triggers both abilities; stack them so scry 2 resolves before the draw trigger, letting the Boulder immediately replace itself with a selected card.

Stir Up Trouble
Stir Up TroubleDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

After Giant's Boulder has provided its enters-the-battlefield scry, it can be sacrificed to pay Stir Up Trouble's additional cost, turning an otherwise low-impact artifact into efficient creature removal.

Thorin Oakenshield
Thorin OakenshieldEnabler → PayoffOne card sets up the condition the other rewards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

Giant's Boulder is a one-mana artifact that cheaply advances Thorin's enduring-story requirement while fixing mana, and Thorin's ward helps keep this setup piece and eventual removal ability on the battlefield.

Head of the Hunt
Head of the HuntDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 2/3 — Meaningful

If Giant's Boulder destroys an opposing creature while Head of the Hunt is present, that creature is exiled and produces a 2/2 Wolf, adding board presence to the Boulder's late-game removal.

Snowslope Hunter
Snowslope HunterDirect SynergyExplicit mechanical interaction between the two cards.Synergy strength 1/3 — Nice to have

If reaching eight mana for the Boulder's destruction ability is unrealistic, Snowslope Hunter can cash it in for access to an extra card after its scry value has already been realized.

Synergy graph

Min strength
Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Mechanic Synergy · strength 3/3Head of the Hunt ↔ Stir Up Trouble Direct Synergy · strength 3/3Giant's Boulder ↔ Dáin, Lord of the Iron Hills Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Giant's Boulder ↔ Fateful Discovery Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Giant's Boulder ↔ Stir Up Trouble Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Giant's Boulder ↔ Thorin Oakenshield Enabler → Payoff · strength 2/3Giant's Boulder ↔ Head of the Hunt Direct Synergy · strength 2/3Giant's Boulder ↔ Snowslope Hunter Direct Synergy · strength 1/3Giant's Boulder (this card)
Showing 8 of 8 connections · click a card to explore its graphLine thickness = strength