---
name: "Hired Giant"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Giant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "194"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Ben Thompson"
oracle_id: "79c9a963-a428-45f1-a647-5a91ef64286e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/hired-giant-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, each other player may search their library for a land card and put that card onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched their library this way shuffles.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Giant Harbinger](/printing/giant-harbinger-lrw.md) — Creature — Giant Shaman
2. [Ondu Giant](/printing/ondu-giant-pca.md) — Creature — Giant Druid
3. [Jungle Wayfinder](/printing/jungle-wayfinder-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Warrior
4. [Boldwyr Heavyweights](/printing/boldwyr-heavyweights-mor.md) — Creature — Giant Warrior
5. [Rootweaver Druid](/printing/rootweaver-druid-prm.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
6. [Giant Ladybug](/printing/giant-ladybug-j22.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #194
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Ben Thompson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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