Glittering Lion
Creature — Cat
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature.
: Until end of turn, this creature loses "Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature." Any player may activate this ability.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #25996
Glittering Lion shuts down targeted spells against it entirely — opponents literally cannot spend mana to target it, which makes it a persistent, irritating blocker or attacker that demands an answer through combat or mass removal. The catch is that the same restriction applies to you, so any deck running it needs to be honest about never wanting to target its own 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 |
In Commander, Glittering Lion occupies a narrow but real niche — decks that want resilient creatures and don't need to target their own board will find it a cheap, annoying permanent to answer. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card's stats and effect aren't close to competitive in those formats, and no serious list wants it. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card format where it's legal, and the same logic applies as Commander — it's fine if the deck is built around untouchable permanents, but it won't show up in optimized builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Glittering Lion is pure bulk — a throw-in card that costs nothing to try in a casual build. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow applications don't hold value, so there's no reason to expect this to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.