How many good Equipment cards are there in
Standard? Enough for this to be pretty powerful.
Its stats are impressive if nothing else, and
the ability to go pull a Loxodon Warhammer, or
even just an Obsidian Battle-Axe out of your
deck and equip it can be incredibly powerful on
the attack.
Constructed- 3
Casual- 4.5
Limited- 3.5
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Stonehewer
Giant
Notice that Stonehewer Giant is a Warrior, which
means you can use Obsidian Battle-Axe to give
you a little speed bonus in actually using that
ability. Searching up Tatsumasa or Sword of
Light and Shadow in mid-combat is a tough play
to beat. The only problem is that it still costs
seven mana total. There is surprisingly little
equipment in Lorwyn (I thought we were in the
land of Celtic folklore with its swords in
stones and spears of destiny), but a well-timed
Deathrender or even Runed Stalactite can
generate a lot of advantage for you.
Constructed: 2/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 3/5
PsychoAnime
#1
Magic Noob in Canada since 2002
Stonehewer
Giant
The problem with this card is that it is really
hard to find a right balance of creatures and
equipments to put on those creatures. Too much
creatures mean you'll never draw the equipment
and there will be less stuff for the giant to
search for, but too many equipment will mean
that there's nothing to put them on. It's also
very expensive to cast so I doubt it'll be very
good in constructed.
It's cool for casual though as higher costing
cards aren't as bad here and getting a plethora
of equipment out has to be great.
In limited, there's not a lot of equipment so a
lot of the time it'll end up as a 5 mana 4/4,
which isn't that bad.
Constructed: 1.5/5
Casual: 3/5
Limited: 3/5
Swordmaster13
Thursday's card
is Stonehewer Giant. For any deck heavy in good
Equipment, Stonehewer Giant is a godsend even if
he is a 5 mana creature. He's a big 4/4 with
vigilance and in a color that has some good
cards that like to be equipped such as Raksha,
Golden Cub and various other of the Leonins from
Mirrodin block. His ability lets you search for
an Equipment and and put it to play then attach
it to a creature for a mere one colorless, one
white mana, good for getting out the most
expensive yet good of the Equip artifacts like
the Kaldra series, any of the new Morningtide
Equipment, Sword of Light and Shadow and/or
Sword of Fire and Ice, heck even Lightning
Greaves to make your guys untargetable or even
Umezawa's Jitte. Stonehewer Giant can make a lot
of good equipment cards that were a little on
the expensive side for many a deck playable.
