Glinting Creeper
Creature — Plant
Converge — This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #25148
Glinting Creeper enters as a 2/2 that grows by +1/+1 for each opponent who controls a green permanent, topping out as a 5/5 in a four-player pod where everyone is in green. The payoff is real in the right table, but zero-cost insurance it is not — at four mana, you need opponents to cooperate, and in non-green pods it's a vanilla 2/2.
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 |
In Commander, Glinting Creeper hits its ceiling in green-heavy metas — a 5/5 for four mana with no other investment is above rate, and green is the most popular color in the format. Outside of Commander, the card has no competitive footing: Modern and Legacy have no interest in a conditional 2/2 to 5/5 at four mana when those formats can end the game before it matters. Glinting Creeper is a Commander-only card in practice, even if it's technically legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Glinting Creeper is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It won't hold or gain value, but it doesn't need to; if the effect fits your deck, the entry cost is negligible.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.