Glade Watcher
Creature — Elemental
Defender
Formidable — 
: This creature can attack this turn as though it didn't have defender. Activate only if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #28906
Glade Watcher is a 0/4 defender for two mana that taps for green — a mana dork stapled to a wall, with the significant caveat that it can never attack. It fills a slot only in dedicated Defender or Arcades strategies; everywhere else, a Llanowar Elves or Elvish Mystic does the job better.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Glade Watcher earns its seat exactly once: in an Arcades, the Strategist deck, where defenders swing for power equal to toughness and a 0/4 with ramp attached pulls real weight. Outside that shell, the no-attack clause is disqualifying — green has too many unconditional mana dorks to justify the restriction. In Pauper, it's fringe-playable in Walls combo builds that close with Axebane Guardian and Freed from the Real, but it's rarely the fourth copy anyone wants. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have faster, cleaner mana acceleration that makes Glade Watcher effectively invisible in those formats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Glade Watcher is deep bulk — a card you pick out of a common box rather than order. Price stability is a non-issue; it won't spike unless Arcades shells surge in popularity, and even then the ceiling is low.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.