Glint Raker is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying This creature gets +X/+0, where X is the greatest mana value among artifacts you control. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may reveal that many cards from the top of your library. Put an artifact card revealed this way into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Complete guide
Glint Raker is a powerful blue flyer that rewards you for playing expensive artifacts. It scales its power based on your board state and provides excellent card filtering every time it connects with an opponent. Understanding how its power calculation and triggered ability interact is key to maximizing its value.
Calculating the Power Bonus
Glint Raker has a static ability that continuously checks the mana values of artifacts you control. It looks for the single highest mana value and adds that number to its base power of 0. If an artifact you control has {X} in its mana cost, that X is treated as 0 while it is on the battlefield. This bonus updates immediately if a new artifact enters or leaves the battlefield, or if a permanent stops being an artifact.
The Combat Damage Trigger
When Glint Raker deals combat damage to a player, its triggered ability goes on the stack. The number of cards you reveal from your library is equal to the amount of damage actually dealt. From those revealed cards, you can choose one artifact card to put into your hand. The remaining revealed cards are not put back; they are moved directly to your graveyard, which can be useful for fueling graveyard synergies.
Timing and Strategy
Because the ability is a 'may' trigger, you aren't forced to reveal cards if your library is low. However, since the power check is dynamic, you should prioritize playing high-mana artifacts before the combat phase to ensure Glint Raker hits as hard as possible. If the artifact providing the highest mana value is destroyed after Glint Raker has dealt damage but before the trigger resolves, the number of cards already revealed does not change.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith Solemn Simulacrum on the battlefield, Glint Raker sees an artifact with a mana value of 4. Glint Raker becomes a 4/4 creature with flying. When it deals 4 combat damage to a player, you reveal the top 4 cards of your library, keep one artifact, and mill the rest.
Roaming ThroneIf Roaming Throne enters and you choose 'Drake', it will contribute its mana value of 4 to Glint Raker's power. When Glint Raker deals 4 damage to a player, Roaming Throne's ability causes Glint Raker's triggered ability to trigger a second time. You will perform the reveal-and-pick process twice, potentially putting two artifacts into your hand.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Glint Raker
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
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If an artifact on the battlefield has an
in its mana cost, that X is 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
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