Glint-Eye Nephilim
Creature — Nephilim
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw that many cards.
, Discard a card: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2016
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17744
Glint-Eye Nephilim draws cards equal to combat damage dealt — in a tokens or evasion shell, that's a full hand refill in a single swing. The cost is a four-color identity that locks you into UBRG and demands Breath of Fury or a similar extra-combat engine to push the advantage past 'nice draw' into 'game-winning.'
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Glint-Eye Nephilim sees real play, and even there it operates as a value engine in the 99 rather than a headliner — four-color decks with blue, black, red, and green have better options at the helm. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but a 4/4 for four with no immediate board impact doesn't compete. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where its card-draw trigger could spiral quickly, but the four-color pip requirement is still a genuine deckbuilding tax everywhere it shows up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FuryGlint-Eye NephilimThe Locust God
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite combat damage; Near-infinite combat phases; Near-infinite creature tokens with haste; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Glint-Eye Nephilim sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a casual pickup with essentially no financial downside. Demand is too narrow to expect the price to move, so grab it for the deck and don't think twice.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.