---
name: "Swarmborn Giant"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Giant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Monstrosity"]
set: "JOU"
set_name: "Journey into Nyx"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "9d09697f-8c5c-4bf9-811f-2f847ee374f0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swarmborn-giant-jou"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Swarmborn Giant
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Giant
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6
- **Keywords:** Monstrosity

## Oracle Text
When you're dealt combat damage, sacrifice this creature.
{4}{G}{G}: Monstrosity 2. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put two +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
As long as this creature is monstrous, it has reach.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Arbor Colossus](/printing/arbor-colossus-c15.md) — Creature — Giant
2. [Ember Swallower](/printing/ember-swallower-pths.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Stoneshock Giant](/printing/stoneshock-giant-cn2.md) — Creature — Giant
4. [Domesticated Hydra](/printing/domesticated-hydra-cn2.md) — Creature — Hydra
5. [Grim Giganotosaurus](/printing/grim-giganotosaurus-rex.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
6. [Nessian Asp](/printing/nessian-asp-pio.md) — Creature — Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Journey into Nyx (JOU) #144
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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