Thermal Glider
Creature — Human Rebel
Flying, protection from red
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #25745
Thermal Glider is a 2/2 flying creature with protection from red for three mana — functional, but nothing about that rate demands a slot in any competitive list. It fills a narrow niche in white-based decks that need cheap evasion against red-heavy tables, and it rarely gets there.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thermal Glider sees essentially no play across the formats where it's legal. In Commander, a 2/2 flier for three mana is too low-impact to justify a slot unless the entire deck is built around protection synergies or white weenie aggro, and even then better options exist. Pauper is the one format where Thermal Glider could theoretically find a home — the common card pool is smaller and evasive creatures matter more — but protection from red is too situational to earn a maindeck spot outside of a red-heavy meta call. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card simply doesn't operate at those power levels.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Thermal Glider is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. There's no reason to expect the price to move; demand is low and copies are plentiful.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.