Glint Raker
Creature — Drake
Flying
This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest mana value among artifacts you control.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put an artifact card revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19069
Glint Raker rewards you for going wide in the air — every flying creature you control becomes a source of incremental card advantage, which is exactly the kind of engine that takes over a long game. The cost is a five-mana body that does nothing the turn it enters, so it earns its slot only in dedicated skies builds, not as a generic value creature.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Glint Raker actually has a home, specifically in blue or blue-white flying-tribal decks that can guarantee a steady stream of airborne attackers to trigger it. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but neither format has any interest in a five-mana do-nothing-immediately creature when faster, more powerful options exist at every point on the curve. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer pacing, so a flicker-or-token-heavy aerial build could squeeze real value out of Glint Raker there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Glint Raker isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number before buying. As a niche tribal payoff with a narrow home, it tends to sit in bulk or near-bulk territory — worth picking up cheaply if you're building the right deck, but not a card to chase at a premium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.