---
name: "Giant Oyster"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Oyster"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TSB"
set_name: "Time Spiral Timeshifted"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "special"
artist: "Nicola Leonard"
oracle_id: "062b4d84-5ba3-417b-b8e1-65afce7b05e3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/giant-oyster-tsb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Giant Oyster
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Oyster
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/3

## Oracle Text
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
{T}: For as long as this creature remains tapped, target tapped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step, and at the beginning of each of your draw steps, put a -1/-1 counter on that creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, remove all -1/-1 counters from the creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Crippling Chill](/printing/crippling-chill-j22.md) — Instant
2. [Ethereal Grasp](/printing/ethereal-grasp-j21.md) — Instant
3. [Deserter's Quarters](/printing/deserters-quarters-jou.md) — Artifact
4. [Sinking Feeling](/printing/sinking-feeling-shm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Bewitching Leechcraft](/printing/bewitching-leechcraft-ltr.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Misstep](/printing/misstep-mmq.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Time Spiral Timeshifted (TSB) #22
- **Rarity:** Special
- **Artist:** Nicola Leonard
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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