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Giant's Boulder

common Artifact

When this enters, 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.)

, : Add one mana of any color.

, , this artifact: Destroy target .

D Grade from the win rate

Win rate when drawn 50.8% −5.4 vs average 8,928 games

Win rates and picks

51.3% 19,794 games
Average pick ()
10.7

By deck

  • Goblin Army 51.4% 1,868 games
  • Ferocious Wolves 51.4% 1,471 games
  • Dwarves & Equipment 48.0% 1,065 games
  • Draw Two 50.0% 1,019 games
  • Elf Landfall 50.2% 856 games

Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).

Reviews

Giant's Boulder is a pretty nice card, but I don't think it'll be necessary for a lot of decks to use it for . If only the mode were a bit cheaper, but sadly it feels a little too prohibitive at 7 mana.

* This is my least played card for , which I initially thought was near useless. * However, Giant's Boulder has excellent synergy with Mirkwood Nurturer, and is one of the more reliable ways to double splashfor two (i.e. with Bard's Company and Chief Warg's Company). * The fact that your goal is eventually to pay 7is a tip off that this card only belongs in very controlling decks.

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

  • Goblin Army Filler

    Until you have seven spare mana it does nothing for an attacking deck. The 1-mana scries 2 as it enters, turns into one mana of any color, and for , a and a destroys target .

    How to play it

    Leave it in the sideboard. For a cheap that triggers Bothersome Noisemaker and feeds Stir Up Trouble, play Crude Bent Blade, which kills a creature first.

    Learn the Goblin Army deck