Glacierwood Siege
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose Temur or Sultai.
• Temur — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, target player mills four cards.
• Sultai — You may play lands from your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #5533
Glacierwood Siege lands and immediately starts generating value — a Simic enchantment that puts counters on creatures and draws cards in a single package, with the cost low enough that it competes on curve. Teval, Arbiter of Virtue decks run it because every trigger feeds the commander's own counter-accumulation engine. It's not flashy, but it does two things at once for a price that justifies the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Teval, Arbiter of Virtue
Teval, Arbiter of Virtue is the natural home — Glacierwood Siege's counter-generation feeds Teval's scaling directly, and the card draw staples the engine together so you're never running empty when the counters matter most.
Flubs, the Fool
Flubs, the Fool rewards incremental value engines, and Glacierwood Siege fits that pattern cleanly — it produces counters and cards without requiring additional setup, which is exactly what Flubs decks want to be doing on the middle turns.
Ureni, the Song Unending
Ureni, the Song Unending cares about persistent board presence and cumulative advantage, making Glacierwood Siege a reliable contributor that keeps the hand full while steadily growing threats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Glacierwood Siege sits comfortably in any Simic shell that cares about counters or value accumulation — the card does enough across multiple axes that it rarely feels like a wasted slot. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too diffuse; dedicated synergy decks have tighter, more explosive options at the same mana cost. Standard is where it sees real daylight outside Commander, fitting naturally into midrange green-blue builds that want sustained advantage rather than burst. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters on power-level grounds — Glacierwood Siege simply doesn't operate at that speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Glacierwood Siege is deep bulk — easy to grab as a four-of or to slot into Commander without a second thought. Bulk rares from recent sets rarely spike unless a specific competitive deck picks them up, and nothing about this card's profile suggests that pressure is coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Teval, Arbiter of Virtue
- Flubs, the Fool
- Ureni, the Song Unending
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.