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Inquisitive Glimmer

Enchantment Creature — Fox Glimmer

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CMC
2
Mana cost
{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror
Price
$0.35
EDHREC rank
#2681
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Inquisitive Glimmer card art
Inquisitive Glimmer lands as a two-mana enchantment that replaces itself immediately and keeps paying off every turn it survives — that's a high floor for a low asking price. It slots cleanly into Chthonian Nightmare reanimation loops and is nearly automatic in Zur, Eternal Schemer decks that want cheap enchantments with ongoing value.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Zur, Eternal Schemer

Zur, Eternal Schemer

78.0% of decks · synergy 0.71

Zur, Eternal Schemer tutors and animates enchantments, and Inquisitive Glimmer is exactly the kind of low-cost, high-upside permanent he wants on the battlefield — it draws a card the turn it enters and keeps generating advantage as a creature.

02
The Master of Keys

The Master of Keys

58.1% of decks · synergy 0.51

The Master of Keys cares about artifacts and enchantments entering and leaving play, making Inquisitive Glimmer a natural fit that triggers the engine while providing consistent card flow.

03
Aminatou, Veil Piercer

Aminatou, Veil Piercer

54.4% of decks · synergy 0.47

Aminatou, Veil Piercer rewards enchantment density, and Inquisitive Glimmer pulls double duty as both an enchantment count and a draw engine that compounds over multiple turns.

04
Eriette, the Beguiler

Eriette, the Beguiler

51.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Eriette, the Beguiler builds around auras and enchantments draining opponents, and Inquisitive Glimmer gives that shell a cheap, self-replacing piece that doesn't cost a card to include.

05
Tuvasa the Sunlit

Tuvasa the Sunlit

37.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Tuvasa the Sunlit grows whenever an enchantment enters the battlefield, so Inquisitive Glimmer is free stats on the commander plus recurring card advantage in a single slot.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Inquisitive Glimmer earns its seat in any enchantment-matters shell — the enter-the-battlefield draw is immediate value, and the sustained card advantage over a long game is exactly what 100-card decks need. In competitive 1v1 formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too fragile to see real play; a two-mana enchantment that draws one card on entry doesn't clear the bar when every turn counts. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this rate. Standard is the only non-Commander format where Inquisitive Glimmer has a plausible home, specifically in enchantment synergy decks that want cheap, recursive value pieces. Pauper is the one format it can't enter legally.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.35 bulk tier

At $0.35, Inquisitive Glimmer sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move unless an enchantment combo breaks out in a 60-card format. Grab as many as you need without hesitation — this is a card you buy in a bundle, not one you track.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.