Glowspore Shaman
Creature — Elf Shaman
When this creature enters, mill three cards. You may put a land card from your graveyard on top of your library. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #9569
Glowspore Shaman enters, mills three, and lets you put a land from your graveyard onto the battlefield tapped — that's a 2/1 body that replaces itself with mana while stocking your bin. In graveyard strategies, especially Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis builds that want creatures and lands in the yard fast, this card does exactly what the deck needs on turn two.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis wants creatures in the graveyard to convoke and delve itself into play, and Glowspore Shaman delivers two of the three mills-plus-body criteria while keeping your land drops on track — it's essentially custom-built for this deck.
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord scales on creature count in all graveyards, so Glowspore Shaman pulling cards off the top while recovering a land is pure fuel — more creatures in the bin means more damage when Jarad throws himself.
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar's power and toughness grow with every Elf in the graveyard, and Glowspore Shaman is an Elf that self-mills more Elves, compounding the threat every time it or its milled cards end up in the yard.
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 |
In Commander, Glowspore Shaman is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns its slot in graveyard-centric Golgari builds that want cheap, repeatable self-mill, but it's easy to cut in decks that don't care about the yard. In Pauper, the combination of guaranteed mill and land recovery at common rarity gives it occasional play in dredge-adjacent shells, though it rarely breaks into top lists. Modern and Legacy have faster, denser self-mill options, so Glowspore Shaman mostly sits out those formats unless a specific synergy demands the Elf creature type. Pioneer and Oathbreaker follow the same logic as Commander — playable in the right graveyard shell, invisible everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Glowspore Shaman is firmly bulk — you're picking it up for pennies in a trade binder or as a throw-in. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow synergy homes don't appreciate, so treat it as a cheap include and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
- Abomination of Llanowar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.