Glimmer of Genius

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Glimmer of Genius: Instant, Aetherdrift Commander. Scry 2, then draw two cards. You get Energy Energy . Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Instant
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
Released
2025-02-14
Collector number
78
Artist
Tommy Arnold
Commander rank
5,990 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Scry

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About Glimmer of Genius

Glimmer of Genius is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue instant from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 78 in that set, with art by Tommy Arnold. It costs {3}{U} (three generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Kaladesh (2016) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters).

Creators live for that moment of inspiration: precious, profound, perfect.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Glimmer of Genius by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Glimmer of Genius

Glimmer of Genius has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #187Uncommon2024
Fallout (PIP) #176Uncommon2024
Fallout (PIP) #704Uncommon2024
Kaladesh Remastered (KLR) #49Uncommon2020
Kaladesh (KLD) #49Uncommon2016

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Glimmer of Genius, newest first.

  • Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
  • {E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.
  • If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
  • If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
  • Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
  • Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
  • Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
  • Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.

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