Whalebone Glider
Artifact
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: Target creature with power 3 or less gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29568
Whalebone Glider gives any creature flying and +1/+0 until end of turn for two mana — paid at activation, every turn you want it. Three mana total to equip and activate makes this a slow, expensive way to grant evasion that dedicated equipment or enchantments do permanently for the same cost.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Whalebone Glider is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legal status overstates its viability in all of them. In Commander, the competition for artifact equipment slots is brutal — Whispersilk Cloak and Trailblazer's Boots grant evasion unconditionally and permanently for comparable mana. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a two-mana artifact that requires additional activation investment each turn. Whalebone Glider is a bulk card in every format it touches.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Whalebone Glider sits firmly in bulk territory. There's no pressure driving that price up — demand is low and supply is not scarce, so this is a card you pick out of a dollar box, not one you track.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.