Jetting Glasskite
Creature — Spirit
Flying
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability for the first time each turn, counter that spell or ability.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30097
Jetting Glasskite is a six-mana 4/4 flier with a targeting shield — any spell or ability that targets it once just gets countered, forcing opponents to double up before anything sticks. The cost in tempo and raw stats makes it a fringe playable at best; six mana for a body this modest only earns a slot in decks that specifically want resilient flying threats.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Jetting Glasskite occupies a narrow niche — blue decks that want evasive, hard-to-remove threats will occasionally run it, but six mana for a 4/4 is a steep ask when Consecrated Sphinx and Hullbreaker Horror exist at similar price points. The targeting protection does have real political value in multiplayer, since opponents have to invest two spells or abilities to remove it cleanly, but that's a small return on the mana investment. In Legacy and Vintage, it simply doesn't compete — those formats answer six-mana creatures for one mana, and the protection clause does nothing against Swords to Plowshares or Pyroblast. Modern is legal but irrelevant; the card never sees play there.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Jetting Glasskite isn't currently available, but given its fringe competitive history and narrow Commander appeal, copies typically show up in bulk bins or cheap buylist fodder territory. Unless you have a specific synergy in mind, there's no urgency to track one down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.