Glaring FleshrakerHow it works & interactions with other cards

Dual Threats: Cast and Entry

Glaring Fleshraker features two distinct triggered abilities. The first triggers whenever you cast a colorless spell, providing you with an Eldrazi Spawn token for mana ramp or defense. The second triggers whenever another colorless creature enters the battlefield under your control, dealing one damage to each opponent. Because the damage comes from the Fleshraker itself, this effect is amplified if you have multiple copies or ways to trigger the ability more than once.

Step-by-Step Resolution

When you cast a colorless spell, the first ability goes on the stack on top of that spell. The Eldrazi Spawn token is created before the original spell resolves. If that spell was a creature, that creature then enters the battlefield, which triggers the second ability of Glaring Fleshraker. This means a single colorless creature spell results in one token and at least one point of damage to each opponent.

Common Pitfalls

A common mistake is forgetting that the damage ability only triggers for 'another' colorless creature; Glaring Fleshraker does not trigger its own damage ability when it enters the battlefield. Additionally, note that the cast trigger resolves even if your spell is countered. The damage trigger is based on the creature actually reaching the battlefield, so if a creature spell is countered, you get the Spawn token but not the damage trigger.

When to Play It

This creature is best deployed early in a sequence of plays. Because it triggers on both casting spells and creatures entering, it maximizes value when followed by artifact creatures or Eldrazi. It serves as a bridge, turning your mana-generating tokens into win conditions as you ping your opponents down.

Interaction examples

Generating Resources and Damage

Glaring FleshrakerSolemn Simulacrum

With Glaring Fleshraker on the battlefield, you cast Solemn Simulacrum. First, the Fleshraker's cast trigger creates an Eldrazi Spawn token. Then, Solemn Simulacrum resolves and enters the battlefield. This triggers the Fleshraker's second ability, dealing 1 damage to each opponent, and triggers the Simulacrum's ability to search for a land.

Doubling the Destruction

Glaring FleshrakerRoaming Throne

If you control Roaming Throne with 'Eldrazi' chosen, casting a colorless creature triggers the Fleshraker twice to create two Eldrazi Spawn tokens. When that creature enters, the damage ability also triggers twice due to Roaming Throne, resulting in 2 damage to each opponent for every colorless creature that enters.

The Spawn Chain

Glaring FleshrakerEldrazi Spawn

When you cast a colorless spell, Glaring Fleshraker creates an Eldrazi Spawn token. Since the token itself is a colorless creature entering the battlefield, it immediately triggers the Fleshraker's second ability, dealing 1 damage to each opponent before your original spell even resolves.