Glass Casket
Artifact
When this artifact enters, exile target creature an opponent controls with mana value 3 or less until this artifact leaves the battlefield.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #17381
Glass Casket exiles a nonland permanent with mana cost two or less the moment it resolves — clean, permanent removal for one mana at sorcery speed. It's narrow by design, but Oswald Fiddlebender turns that limitation into a feature by sacrificing it on demand to tutor up the next piece of his artifact chain.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Oswald Fiddlebender
Oswald Fiddlebender sacrifices Glass Casket to tutor any two-mana artifact directly onto the battlefield, meaning it pulls double duty as spot removal early and a free search engine the moment you no longer need the exile effect.
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, Glass Casket slots in wherever white needs cheap artifact-based removal — artifact synergy decks value it most, since it doubles as sacrifice fodder. In Pioneer and Modern it competes against Portable Hole, which hits the same mana-value range and is similarly costed; the choice usually comes down to which card type matters more for your shell. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient removal, so Glass Casket won't see serious play there outside very specific artifact strategies. It's not legal in Pauper, which cuts off the format where cheap, universal removal is most contested.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Glass Casket is firmly bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely move unless a new synergy pushes demand, so don't expect the price to matter in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.