Glyph of Destruction
Instant
Target blocking Wall you control gets +10/+0 until end of combat. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to it this turn. Destroy it at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #25096
Glyph of Destruction turns any creature blocking a Wall into a one-sided board wipe on a stick — all that blocking creature's toughness gets applied as damage to it, killing it for a single red mana. Outside of Wall-tribal, where that trigger condition is trivially met, it's a dead card.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Glyph of Destruction is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the honest read is the same across all of them: this is a Wall-tribal card or it's nothing. In Commander, the only shells where Glyph of Destruction earns a slot are dedicated Wall decks under commanders like Arcades, the Strategist, where Walls block constantly and the trigger fires on demand. Legacy and Vintage have the raw card quality to never need it. Pauper is the one format where budget constraints could push a Wall synergy deck toward it, but even there the competition for instants is stiff.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Glyph of Destruction is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It's a stable bulk rare that won't appreciate; buy it if you're building Arcades, the Strategist and don't stress the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.