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Gleaming Barrier FDN 0252 · common

Gleaming Barrier · {2} · Artifact Creature — Wall · Defender
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") · Power / toughness: 0/4 · "Gold without freedom might as well be lead."
—Angrath

Gleaming Barrier · {2} · Artifact Creature — Wall · Defender When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") · Power / toughness: 0/4 · "Gold without freedom might as well be lead." —Angrath

Price
from $0.181 printing
Win rate
47.6% GIH 13,040 instances · Premier Draft
Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · 17Lands

Game-in-hand win rate, all deck colors. 6,209 wins in 13,040 card-in-hand instances.

12,195 distinct games · 4,635 distinct drafts · games recorded Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024.

17Lands file dated Dec 19, 2024 · 100-instance minimum · 17Lands public data ↗

Draft data

47.6%when drawn (GIH)

−6.9 pp vs 54.6% average · 13,040 instances

Premier Draft · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · average from 791,159 games

#253 of 265 nonland cards by win rate · last seen around pick 7.9 on average (298,834 packs).

15 of 18 colorless cards · 4 of 4 colorless common cards.

Taken at pick11.532,142 picks
Makes the deck16.1%32,142 picks with known usage
When played48.8%26,326.6 matchesBenched 54.2%
139,840.4 matches
When drawn47.6%13,040 instances

Pick and maindeck observations: Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024. Played/benched cells use matches when available; the drawn cell uses game instances.

○ Opening hand 44.8% · 5,549 instances
● Drawn later 49.7% · 7,491 instances

In hand 47.6% · 13,040 instances
Unseen in deck 49.4% · 16,635 instances
−1.8 percentage points when drawn

Compared with colorless cards

Win rate when drawn47.6%13,040 instances15 of 18
Opening hand44.8%5,549 instances16 of 18
Drawn later49.7%7,491 instances14 of 18
In the deck48.7%29,763 instances16 of 18
Without seeing it49.4%16,635 instances17 of 18
Improvement when drawn−1.8 pp13,040 instances / 16,635 instances12 of 18
When benched54.2%139,840.4 matches10 of 18
Makes the deck16.1%32,142 picks with known usage15 of 18
Pick (last seen)7.9298,834 packs17 of 18
Taken at11.532,142 picks17 of 18

Ranks require 100 observations for that metric; comparisons are descriptive, not a pick order. Pick ranks put earlier picks first.

Best decks for it

no-splash decks only · card-level in-hand rates · 100 minimum

Graveyard UB52.3%1,638 instancesFlying WU49.1%1,030 instancesRamp UG48.1%914 instancesRaid BR48.0% ◌498 instancesLife Gain WB47.7%1,086 instancesPower RG47.5% ◌219 instancesMorbid BG47.3% ◌427 instancesSpells UR44.9%514 instancesAggro RW42.7% ◌110 instances+1/+1 Counters GW40.7% ◌236 instances

Each tick is this card’s all-decks rate (47.6% · 13,040 instances). A high card rate does not prove that splashing it will improve your deck.

Best with

Adjusted associations, ranked by confidence.

Eaten Alive+5.2 pp7,027 games with both in the deck · 1,751 both drawn
How to read this

Observational, not a causal bonus. Both cards must be in the deck. Drawn means opening hand or normally drawn; each card counts once per game. Game-level approximate intervals do not account for repeated games by the same drafter.

At least 100 games in each of four drawn/not-drawn groups; adjusted for game length and screened by the lower confidence bound. Do not add these points to a card’s win rate.

Where it sits in the set

Above 5% of 265 nonland cards with 100+ instances, in win-rate order.

30% or lowerWin rate94% or higher

17Lands public datasets ↗ · CC BY 4.0 ↗ · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024

Collect

1 printingScryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25Pack odds →

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Prices

FDN 0252 · Regular printingListings ↗
FinishFound inPrice
NonfoilPlay Booster$0.18
FoilPlay Booster$0.32

How to get it

This printing is a promo, accessory or reference card. No booster chance is claimed; check its listed product or source.

Wizards · Collecting Foundations ↗ · Oct 29, 2026

Details & sources

Legal in
Standard · Historic · Timeless · Pioneer · Modern · Legacy · Pauper · Vintage · CommanderLimited eligibility depends on the event and its booster pool.
Illustration
Jason Felix, FDN 252 · Scryfall ↗
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Sources
Wizards · Collecting Foundations · Oct 29, 2026
Scryfall USD, snapshot Oct 25
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