---
name: "Giant Cindermaw"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Dinosaur Beast"
colors: []
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Trample"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "624"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo"
oracle_id: "bd0c0e85-ff24-46c9-a547-4f633355c131"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-cindermaw-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Giant Cindermaw
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Dinosaur Beast
- **Keywords:** Trample

## Oracle Text
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Players can't gain life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Colossal Dreadmaw](/printing/colossal-dreadmaw-m21.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Cinderheart Giant](/printing/cinderheart-giant-khm.md) — Creature — Giant Berserker
3. [Siegebreaker Giant](/printing/siegebreaker-giant-m19.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
4. [Raging Swordtooth](/printing/raging-swordtooth-lcc.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
5. [The Colossal Dreadmaw](/printing/the-colossal-dreadmaw-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Dinosaur
6. [Charging Tuskodon](/printing/charging-tuskodon-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #624
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2022-10-14)* Spells and abilities that cause players to gain life still resolve while Giant Cindermaw is on the battlefield. No player will gain life, but any other effects of that spell or ability will happen.
- *(2022-10-14)* If an effect says to set a player's life total to a number that's higher than the player's current life total while Giant Cindermaw is on the battlefield, the player's life total doesn't change.