Mountain Giant

Mountain Giant is an epic neutral minion card, inducted into the Legacy set, formerly from the Classic and Hall of Fame sets.

Strategy
This card works well in card draw decks, due to its cost being reduced by the size of the player's hand. It also works well with Warlock Hero Power.

If you need just one more Mana Crystal in order to summon the Mountain Giant, do not use The Coin (unless you have a Gadgetzan Auctioneer or the enemy has Trade Prince Gallywix on the board). The Coin is a card; playing it will increase the cost of the Giant by one.

When planning a turn involving Mountain Giants, do not forget that the cost will increase with every card played (unless the card draws others). Therefore, it is often wise to play Mountain Giant as the first card of the turn, or after any draw effects have been activated. This is particularly easy to forget when playing two Mountain Giants in a row: The second one will cost one more than the first. For instance, with a full hand, two Mountain Giants will each show 3 mana cost, but once the first is played the second will cost 4, resulting in a total cost of 7 for the pair.

Lore

 * s are colossal creatures, crafted by the when the world was young, composed of living stone and stout flora. Benevolent and solitary by nature, the mountain giants have awakened to find that the tranquil world they once helped to shape has become a hectic battlefield of fire and sorrow. Now the mountain giants have pledged their courage and strength to the ' cause — and stand ready to banish the last remnants of the  from the world. These massive melee units can take incredible amounts of punishment from attackers.

Trivia

 * Mountain Giant is one of the original three Giants in Hearthstone. Several more have been added in expansions and adventure sets. All Giants are 8/8 epic minion cards, featuring a theme of their mana cost being reduced by a specific game factor.
 * This card's flavor text may be a reference to the half-giant Olympe Maxime in , who at first claims she has no giant blood and is merely big-boned.

Patch changes

 * Moved from Hall of Fame to Legacy set.
 * Moved from Classic to Hall of Fame set.