Soaring Stoneglider
Creature — Elephant Cleric
As an additional cost to cast this spell, exile two cards from your graveyard or pay .
Flying, vigilance
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #28456
Soaring Stoneglider is a four-mana 3/2 with flying and trample that also gives a land you control flying until end of turn — a narrow, low-impact body for a slot that demands more. The cost in tempo and card quality is too steep for any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Soaring Stoneglider is legal across every major constructed format but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 3/2 flier for four with a marginal land-animation effect competes against a deep pool of utility creatures and doesn't clear the bar. In Modern and Pioneer, the rate is simply unplayable — formats that demand two-mana threats or impactful four-drops have no use for this. Standard is its most charitable context, but even there the effect doesn't pull enough weight to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Soaring Stoneglider sits firmly in bulk territory, and nothing about its playability suggests that changes. It's the kind of card you pick out of a common box, not one you track down.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.