Glyph Keeper
Creature — Sphinx
Flying
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability.
Embalm 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Sphinx with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20284
Glyph Keeper brings a hard-to-kill 5/4 flier that laughs at targeted removal the first time and comes back from the graveyard as an Aura that repeats the trick. The cost — five mana for a body that never threatens to close a game quickly — is the ceiling on its ambition.
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 |
In Commander, Glyph Keeper earns a slot in Aura-based voltron builds and graveyard recursion decks that want a resilient threat opponents can't easily answer with single targeted spells. Outside Commander, it's a non-starter in competitive formats: Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all move too fast for a five-mana 5/4 that merely survives rather than dominates. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual pace, so Glyph Keeper is playable there under the right spellslinger or enchantment-matters pilot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Glyph Keeper is bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck wants it. Don't expect that price to move; casual-only five-drops with no competitive demand stay in the bulk bin.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.