Goblin Glider
Creature — Goblin
Flying
This creature can't block.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24485
Goblin Glider is a two-mana 1/1 flyer with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no tribal payoff baked in, and no path to relevance past turn two. The body is too small and the effect too absent to justify a slot in any competitive or even casual 99.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Goblin Glider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander it competes against Goblin tribal staples that generate tokens, enable combos, or provide immediate value — a vanilla 1/1 flyer does none of that. Pauper is the one format where evasive commons can matter, but even there a 1/1 for two with no upside doesn't clear the bar when better options exist at the same cost. Across every format where Goblin Glider is legal, it sits on the outside looking in.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Goblin Glider at this time, but as a bulk common with no competitive application it almost certainly sits at or below $0.25. There's no pressure to pick it up — supply is not a concern.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.