Glistening Deluge
Sorcery
All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. Creatures that are green and/or white get an additional -2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #20084
Glistening Deluge gives every creature on the board infect until end of turn for three mana — in a poison-counter deck, that's a potential table kill stapled to a sorcery. The cost is the window: it's a one-shot effect that demands you already have pressure on board to close.
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 |
Glistening Deluge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it actually matters — infect strategies there use it as a game-ending finisher, converting an already-threatening board into a lethal poison delivery mechanism across multiple opponents simultaneously. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, dedicated infect decks prefer creatures that already have infect baked in and don't need a sorcery-speed enabler, so Glistening Deluge sits on the fringe at best. Vintage has too many faster, more reliable win conditions for this to compete.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Glistening Deluge is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its narrow audience — it only does meaningful work in infect-focused Commander builds. Supply is deep enough that it won't spike without a major infect commander printing, so pick it up for what it's worth now and don't expect movement.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.