Glitterfang
Creature — Spirit
Haste
At the beginning of the end step, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #20074
Glitterfang does one thing on board: it bounces itself at end of turn, resetting any enter-the-battlefield or cast trigger for the next time you play it. The cost is a real one — you're spending a mana every turn to loop the same one-mana creature — but commanders like Kykar, Wind's Fury turn that loop into a free Spirit token factory every pass through.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Glitterfang is a Commander card at its core — the self-bounce does almost nothing in formats where games end before you've looped it five times. In Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper it's theoretically legal but competes with far more efficient one-drops that don't ask you to recast them every turn. Pauper is the one exception worth a second look, since cheap spell-count payoffs exist at common and the loop is achievable in longer games. Commander is where Glitterfang earns its slot, specifically in decks that reward casting the same spell repeatedly — storm payoffs, token generators, and cost-reduction engines all extract real value from a card that never stays in the graveyard.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Kykar, Wind's FuryEnduring RenewalGlitterfang
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Glitterfang is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order individually. Given that its home is narrow combo shells rather than broad staple roles, the price is stable but not a bargain you need to act on; it will be $0.18 next year.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.


