Glidedive Duo
Creature — Bat Lizard
Flying
When this creature enters, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #10911
Glidedive Duo puts two bodies on the board for two mana — a 2/2 flier and a 1/1 — and that split matters in formats that care about creature count or enter-the-battlefield triggers. Zoraline, Cosmos Caller is the obvious home, but the card earns its slot anywhere token quantity is a resource.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller
Zoraline, Cosmos Caller's engine rewards stacking small creatures fast, and Glidedive Duo delivers two bodies for two mana — the flier also threatens to connect in the air where Zoraline's payoffs need board presence to matter.
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch scales damage off creature count, so Glidedive Duo's two-for-one at two mana directly inflates the math — more bodies means more triggers, and the low cost means you can jam it early without losing tempo.
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 |
Glidedive Duo is legal in every major format, but the only place it's doing real work is Commander and, to a lesser extent, Pauper. In Commander, token-count payoffs and ETB synergies make two creatures for two mana a genuine rate rather than filler. In Pauper, aggressive go-wide strategies can use the split bodies, though there's heavy competition at the two-drop slot. In Modern and Pioneer it's too low-impact — both formats demand individual cards to threaten the board on their own, and a 2/2 plus a 1/1 doesn't clear that bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Glidedive Duo is bulk — you're picking this up out of a dollar box or grabbing a playset for under a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk commons that see narrow Commander play tend to stay at this floor, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.