---
name: "Giant Crab"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Crab"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Tom Kyffin"
oracle_id: "780f029f-e2e1-431b-9a8b-a1af51d7da77"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-crab-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Giant Crab
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Crab
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{U}: This creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

> *During the giant crabs' mating season, Skyshroud nights are filled with the clatter of their skirmishes.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Homarid Warrior](/printing/homarid-warrior-fem.md) — Creature — Homarid Warrior
2. [Cephalid Inkshrouder](/printing/cephalid-inkshrouder-jud.md) — Creature — Octopus
3. [Svyelunite Priest](/printing/svyelunite-priest-fem.md) — Creature — Merfolk Cleric
4. [Isleback Spawn](/printing/isleback-spawn-shm.md) — Creature — Kraken
5. [Tortoise Formation](/printing/tortoise-formation-ala.md) — Instant
6. [Glimpse, the Unthinkable](/printing/glimpse-the-unthinkable-mb2.md) — Legendary Creature — Illusion Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #66
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Tom Kyffin
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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