Scion of Glaciers
Creature — Elemental
: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30628
Scion of Glaciers is a 3/3 for three mana that can tap to put a +1/+1 counter on itself — functional, but never exciting. Blue has better three-drops at almost every power level, so this slot is almost always better spent elsewhere.
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 |
Scion of Glaciers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 3/3 with a slow self-pump ability doesn't move the needle — blue creature slots want card advantage, evasion, or combo relevance, and Scion of Glaciers brings none of those. Constructed formats like Modern and Legacy have long since left cards at this power level behind. It's legally playable everywhere that counts; it's just never correct.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Scion of Glaciers sits firmly in bulk territory — buy it without hesitation if a deck actually calls for it, but don't expect the price to move. Bulk commons and near-bulk uncommons at this tier rarely appreciate unless a rules change or breakout deck creates demand, and nothing on the horizon points that way for this card.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.