Eager Glyphmage
Creature — Cat Cleric
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26487
Eager Glyphmage turns every spell you cast into a free untap on a target creature or artifact, which means it's a mana engine the moment you pair it with anything that taps for two or more. The cost is a 1/3 body for two mana that does nothing alone — you're buying the ability, not the stat line, and engines like Nim Deathmantle make that tradeoff worthwhile fast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Eager Glyphmage belongs — spell-heavy decks that run untap payoffs or tap-for-value permanents turn it into a free resource every turn cycle. In competitive EDH especially, the density of instants and artifacts means the untap trigger fires constantly. Outside Commander, it's legal in every major format but sees virtually no play: constructed formats move too fast for a two-mana 1/3 whose value is spread across a full game rather than compressed into a few decisive turns.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarEager Glyphmage
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Eager Glyphmage is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply from recent print runs is deep; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.