Glint-Nest Crane
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal an artifact card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21933
Glint-Nest Crane is a two-mana 1/3 flier that digs four cards deep to find an artifact — reasonable body, real selection, and it pays for itself in any deck running 20+ artifacts. The catch is that it whiffs completely in non-artifact builds, so it earns a slot only when the density is there.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Glint-Nest Crane belongs in artifact-heavy decks as a low-cost cantrip creature — the body blocks early fliers while the enters-the-battlefield trigger smooths out your draws. Constructed formats tell a harsher story: Modern and Pioneer have faster clocks and demand more from a two-drop than a conditional scry-4, so Glint-Nest Crane rarely makes the cut outside fringe artifact synergy builds. Legacy and Vintage have the artifact density to justify it in theory, but the competition for two-mana slots is brutal and dedicated artifact tutors do the job more reliably. It's a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Glint-Nest Crane, but it's a bulk rare in practice — expect to find copies in the $0.25–$0.50 range at most local game stores or online. At that price, there's no reason not to pick one up if you're building an artifact commander deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.