Dragonwing Glider
Artifact — Equipment
For Mirrodin! (When this Equipment enters, create a 2/2 red Rebel creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has flying and haste.
Equip 
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #10890
Dragonwing Glider enters as a 3/3 flier with haste for three mana — immediate pressure, no setup required. Nahiri, Forged in Fury can equip it for free on the way in, which is where the card stops being ordinary and starts being a genuine threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Nahiri, Forged in Fury's signature ability attaches an Equipment from hand or battlefield for free whenever a creature with power 3 or greater enters under your control, and Dragonwing Glider hits that threshold the turn it arrives — meaning you're swinging with a haste flier wearing free Equipment as early as turn four.
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms rewards running creatures that can immediately go wide or go tall, and Dragonwing Glider's built-in haste means it attacks the same turn Gilgamesh's pump effects come online.
Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
Sephiroth, Fallen Hero wants creatures that threaten damage fast, and Dragonwing Glider's evasion plus haste makes it a reliable early threat for stacking counters or triggering Sephiroth's combat-damage payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dragonwing Glider earns its slot almost exclusively in Equipment-heavy builds, where the free-attach synergy with Nahiri, Forged in Fury turns a modest body into a two-card punch. Outside of that niche, a vanilla 3/3 flier with haste at three mana is fine but not compelling in a 100-card singleton context. In Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it doesn't crack competitive lists — three mana for a 3/3 is below rate and there's no shell looking for it. Legacy and Vintage have far stronger options at every slot. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander verdict: run it if your planeswalker and signature spell support Equipment synergies, skip it otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Dragonwing Glider is bulk — you're not paying a premium for the effect. Bulk rares with narrow synergy homes tend to stay flat, so pick it up for the deck that wants it and don't expect movement either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury
- Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms
- Sephiroth, Fallen Hero
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.