Glacial Revelation
Sorcery
Reveal the top six cards of your library. You may put any number of snow permanent cards from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #13440
Glacial Revelation puts up to five snow permanents from the top six cards of your library into your hand — that's a hand-refilling burst that rivals dedicated draw spells in the right shell. Outside of a snow-dense deck, it's a blank; inside one, particularly with Isu the Abominable, it's one of the best card-advantage tools the archetype has.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable cares about casting snow spells every turn to grow and eventually draw cards, and Glacial Revelation refuels the hand with exactly the snow permanents needed to keep that chain alive — often finding multiple lands and creatures in a single cast.
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter wants a critical mass of snow lands and permanents to untap and generate value, and Glacial Revelation does the heavy lifting of assembling that mass quickly — hitting up to five snow cards off a single three-mana spell is the kind of consistency Jorn decks need to execute their plan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Glacial Revelation belongs — snow-tribal decks are almost entirely an EDH phenomenon, and the card's ceiling is highest when you're digging through a 99-card deck stocked with snow-covered basics and snow permanents. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but has no competitive home; those formats don't support snow synergy strategies, and a sorcery-speed card-selection spell with a narrow condition doesn't make the cut elsewhere. Modern sees occasional Yorion or value-pile snow builds that could technically use it, but the card has never broken through in 60-card formats. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Glacial Revelation is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in trade binders or toss into a cart without thought. Given its narrow snow-only playability, don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile snow commander gets printed and spikes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Isu the Abominable
- Jorn, God of Winter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.