Glittering Frost
Snow Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land is snow.
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaldheim
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #10051
Glittering Frost turns any land into a mana-doubler for one color, and pairing it with Arbor Elf means you're untapping that enchanted land repeatedly for explosive mana production. The three-mana entry cost is real, but in snow-matters builds around Isu the Abominable, the payoff justifies it immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable wants every snow permanent it can find, and Glittering Frost doubles as a snow enchantment and a mana engine that funds Isu's hefty activated abilities.
Jorn, God of Winter
Jorn, God of Winter untaps all snow permanents on attack, which means a Glittering Frost-enchanted land untaps for free every combat step — turning a modest mana boost into a full engine.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Glittering Frost is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is its natural home. In competitive non-rotating formats it's too slow — three mana for a conditional mana enchantment doesn't survive the speed of Legacy or Modern. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth mentioning: Arbor Elf plus Glittering Frost is a real two-card mana burst in green creature shells, though dedicated Pauper combo lists have tighter options. In Commander, snow-themed decks are the only context where Glittering Frost consistently earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Rimewind TaskmageIllusionist's BracersGlittering Frost
Infinite colored mana; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
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Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Glittering Frost is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without thinking about it. Bulk snow enchantments rarely spike unless a commander or mechanic pushes the entire snow category into mainstream play, so expect this price to stay flat.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.