Unstable Glyphbridge
Sandswirl Wanderglyph

Printings

  • The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)#41
  • The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)#358

Unstable Glyphbridge // Sandswirl Wanderglyph

Card Information

Type (Front): Artifact

Type (Back): Artifact Creature — Golem

Mana Cost (Front): 3White manaWhite mana

CMC: 5

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for W

Set: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 41

Oracle Text

Unstable Glyphbridge

When this artifact enters, if you cast it, for each player, choose a creature with power 2 or less that player controls. Then destroy all creatures except creatures chosen this way. Craft with artifact {3}{W}{W} ({3}{W}{W}, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)

Sandswirl Wanderglyph

Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell during their turn, they can't attack you or planeswalkers you control this turn. Each opponent who attacked you or a planeswalker you control this turn can't cast spells.

5/3

Keywords

FlyingCraftTransform

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Legal)
standard(Legal)
timeless(Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. November 10, 2023

    You may exile tokens you control as part of the materials required. However, because they aren't cards and won't stay in exile, any abilities that refer to what you "used to craft" the back faces won't refer to anything.

    Source: wotc
  2. November 10, 2023

    In Two-Headed Giant, for each attacking creature, the attacking team announces which defending player, planeswalker, or battle that creature is attacking when it's declared as an attacker. Sandswirl Wanderglyph's abilities care only about creatures that attack you or planeswalkers you control, not creatures that attack your teammate or planeswalkers they control.

    Source: wotc
  3. November 10, 2023

    If a card that isn't a transforming double-faced card becomes a copy of a card with craft, it'll stay in exile if you activate the craft ability. It won't return to the battlefield.

    Source: wotc
  4. November 10, 2023

    For each player, including yourself, you must choose a creature with power 2 or less to save if you can.

    Source: wotc
  5. November 10, 2023

    If Sandswirl Wanderglyph leaves the battlefield on a turn in which an opponent attacked you or a planeswalker you control (perhaps because it died in combat or another player cast a spell that destroyed it), that opponent can cast spells.

    Source: wotc
  6. November 10, 2023

    The back faces of some cards with craft refer to cards "used to craft" it. This refers to the cards exiled as part of the cost of the craft ability of the front face. Those cards are considered to be "used to craft" that permanent as long as they remain exiled and the permanent remains on the battlefield, even if the permanent's controller changes or some of its characteristics change (because of a copy effect, for example.)

    Source: wotc
  7. November 10, 2023

    Unstable Glyphbridge's first ability triggers if you cast it from any zone. It doesn't trigger if you put Unstable Glyphbridge onto the battlefield without casting it.

    Source: wotc
  8. November 10, 2023

    If the materials required include multiple objects, you may exile some of them from among permanents you control and the rest from among cards in your graveyard. You don't have to choose all permanents or all cards from your graveyard.

    Source: wotc
  9. November 10, 2023

    Sandswirl Wanderglyph's abilities won't stop opponents from attacking battles you protect or casting spells after attacking battles you protect.

    Source: wotc
  10. November 10, 2023

    Once Sandswirl Wanderglyph's middle ability resolves, that opponent won't be able to attack you or planeswalkers you control that turn, even if Sandswirl Wanderglyph is no longer on the battlefield.

    Source: wotc

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