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Glamdring, Foe-hammer

{2}

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

HOBThe Hobbit#174rare

Suddenly a sword flashed in its own light.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 30–800
Illustrator
Chris Cold
Found in
The Hobbit Collector Booster Pack · The Hobbit Play Booster Pack
Printings2Combos22EDHREC rank#14,512
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardLegal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal

Glamdring, Foe-hammer

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {X} less to cast, where X is equipped creature's power. Equip {2}
Equip

Gleam of Death

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.)
Plays as:
Cast From ExileIs EquipmentSelf MillAdventure
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-94.4%
$0.86
$0.20 low$0.11 gapTCGplayer
Foil-91.8%
$0.98
$0.49 lowTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.86· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

15 · latest Jun 29, 2026
  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    An adventurer card is a permanent card in every zone except the stack, as well as while on the stack if not cast as an Adventure. Ignore its alternative characteristics in those cases. For example, while it's in your graveyard, Bilbo, Luckwearer is a blue creature card whose mana value is 2. It can't be put into your hand by the effect of Speak Secrets ("Mill four cards, then put an instant or sorcery card from among them into your hand.").

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    An effect may refer to a card, spell, or permanent that "has an Adventure." This refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an adventurer card's set of alternative characteristics, even if they're not being used and even if that card was never cast as an Adventure.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    Casting a card as an Adventure isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to the Adventure.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    Glamdring, Foe-hammer's cost reduction ability reduces only the generic mana in the spell's cost. The colored mana must still be paid.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If a spell is cast as an Adventure, its controller exiles it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard as it resolves. For as long as it remains exiled, that player may play it using its primary characteristics. If an Adventure spell leaves the stack in any way other than resolving (most likely by being countered or by failing to resolve because its targets have all become illegal), that card won't be exiled and the spell's controller won't be able to cast it as a permanent later.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If an adventurer card ends up in exile for any other reason than by exiling itself while resolving, it won't give you permission to cast it as a permanent spell.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If an effect copies an Adventure spell, that copy is exiled as it resolves. It ceases to exist as a state-based action; it's not possible to cast the copy as a permanent.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose the alternative Adventure name. Consider only the alternative characteristics to determine whether that is an appropriate name to choose.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If an effect refers to a card, spell, or permanent that has an Adventure, it won't find an instant or sorcery spell on the stack that's been cast as an Adventure.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If an object becomes a copy of an object that has an Adventure, the copy also has an Adventure. If it changes zones, it will either cease to exist (if it's a token) or cease to be a copy (if it's a nontoken permanent), and so you won't be able to cast it as an Adventure.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    If you cast an adventurer card as an Adventure, use only its alternative characteristics to determine whether it's legal to cast that spell. For example, if you control Gandalf, Party Guest ("At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value X or less from your hand without paying its mana cost, where X is twice the number of legendary Wizards you control."), you could cast Burglar's Plot from your hand without paying its mana cost (provided you control enough legendary Wizards), but not Bilbo, Luckwearer.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    Once you announce that you're casting a spell, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change how much Glamdring will reduce costs by lowering the power of the equipped creature.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Glamdring, Foe-hammer). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    When casting a spell as an Adventure, use the alternative characteristics and ignore all of the card's normal characteristics. The spell's color, mana cost, mana value, and so on are determined by only those alternative characteristics. If the spell leaves the stack, it immediately resumes using its normal characteristics.

  • WotCJun 29, 2026

    You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions for the permanent spell you cast from exile. Normally, you'll be able to cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.