Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death

Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death

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{2} // {3}{U} · Legendary Artifact — Equipment // Sorcery — Adventure
Rare · The Hobbit · Art by Chris Cold
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is equipped creature's power. Equip {2}
Gleam of Death{3}{U}
Sorcery — Adventure
Mill six cards, then put all instant and sorcery cards from among them into your hand. (Then exile this card. You may cast the artifact later from exile.)
Predicted power
Standard 43 Eng.D+Usr.

Unlike Stock Up (84), its five-mana Adventure is slow; Spellementals may test the conditional cost-reduction engine.

Best home Izzet SpellementalsBand fringeConfidence 55%

Could be wrong if A resilient high-power creature plus enough generic-cost spells could turn the reduction into a real engine.

Pioneer 32 Eng.D-Usr.

Izzet Aggro's cheap colored spells gain little, and spending four mana before discounts is slower than Pioneer engines.

Best home Izzet AggroBand fringeConfidence 59%

Could be wrong if A high-power creature shell with expensive generic-cost spells could make the setup worthwhile.

Modern 27 Eng.FUsr.

Four mana and a surviving high-power creature is excessive setup; unlike Preordain (77), it offers no early consistency.

Band speculativeConfidence 64%

Could be wrong if An existing high-power creature/payoff shell may make the setup fast enough for a combo role.

Legacy 23 Eng.FUsr.

Cheap colored spells and efficient removal punish the setup, while the five-mana Adventure is far below Ponder (97) efficiency.

Band speculativeConfidence 66%

Could be wrong if Fast mana or a durable high-power creature could expose a cheap-spell combo absent from supplied context.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 53 Eng.CUsr.

High-power commanders can create large generic-cost discounts, and Gleam can refill a spell-heavy hand, but both halves need setup.

Best home High-power spellslingerBand role-playerConfidence 67%

Could be wrong if Dense expensive instant/sorcery packages with a reliable high-power commander may make it a stronger engine.

Limited 40 Eng.D+Usr.

It has no stats or immediate board impact; Gleam is a slow conditional refill, so only spell-dense decks want it.

Best home Spell-dense deckBand fillerConfidence 35%

Could be wrong if Unknown archetypes and spell density could make Gleam a reliable multi-card refill.

power-based spell reducer

“A fragile high-power-creature spell-cost engine with a slow conditional Adventure refill; likely niche outside Commander.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

Previewed 29 July by Yamina Amane

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