Glimmer Bairn
Creature — Ouphe
Sacrifice a token: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #17482
Glimmer Bairn turns every Halfling token into a doubling engine — tap it to move counters from any permanent onto any creature, effectively concentrating spread value onto your best threat. The ceiling is high and the setup cost is real: you need a steady token supply, which is exactly why Camellia, the Seedmiser makes it click.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Glimmer Bairn is a Commander card through and through — the ability scales with board state in ways that only matter in a 100-card, multiplayer context where permanents accumulate counters over many turns. In Pauper it's legal but has no meaningful home; counter-manipulation at common is narrow and the token infrastructure to abuse it isn't there. Legacy and Vintage have no interest: the effect is too slow and too conditional for formats that end games before the engine assembles. Commander is where Glimmer Bairn earns its slot, specifically in Halfling-tribal or counter-doubling builds where the tap outlet is free and the tokens are incidental.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Camellia, the SeedmiserPeregrin TookGlimmer Bairn
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite Food tokens
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Nuka-Cola Vending MachineGourmand's TalentGlimmer Bairn
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Pitiless PlundererStridehangar AutomatonGlimmer Bairn
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Glimmer Bairn is deep bulk — pick it up in any common/uncommon lot and don't think twice about the price. Demand is narrow enough that it's unlikely to climb unless a future set dramatically expands Halfling tribal, so treat it as a free inclusion rather than a spec.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.