Glen Elendra's Answer
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
This spell can't be countered.
Counter all spells your opponents control and all abilities your opponents control. Create a 1/1 blue and black Faerie creature token with flying for each spell and ability countered this way.
Rulings
5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-11-17
Glen Elendra's Answer counters only spells, activated abilities, and triggered abilities your opponents control that are already on the stack. It doesn't prevent spells from being cast or abilities from being activated or triggering later in the turn, and it has no effect on static abilities.
- 2025-11-17
Glen Elendra's Answer can't target mana abilities. An activated mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves, doesn't have a target, and isn't a loyalty ability. A triggered mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves and triggers based on an activated mana ability.
- 2025-11-17
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities, such as mobilize (from the Tarkir: Dragonstorm release), are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text.
- 2025-11-17
Activated abilities are written in the form "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities, such as equip and crew, are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder texts.
- 2025-11-17
A spell or ability that counters spells can still target Glen Elendra's Answer. When that spell or ability resolves, Glen Elendra's Answer won't be countered, but any additional effects of the countering spell or ability will still happen.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Glen Elendra's Answer, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namor the Sub-Mariner | 1 | 7 | 42.9% |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 1 deck
Every version of Glen Elendra's Answer
3 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Showcase
- Normal
- $2.09
- Foil
- $3.93
- Normal
- $1.02
- Foil
- $1.61
Promo
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos
- Normal
- $3.47
- Foil
- $5.71
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Glen Elendra's Answer — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.