---
name: "Gleaming Barrier"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Wall"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Treasure", "Defender"]
set: "FDN"
set_name: "Foundations"
collector_number: "252"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jason Felix"
oracle_id: "1eb9e401-8975-447b-839d-f7cd23897465"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gleaming-barrier-fdn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Gleaming Barrier
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Wall
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/4
- **Keywords:** Treasure, Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
When this creature dies, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

> *"Gold without freedom might as well be lead."
—Angrath*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Redrock Sentinel](/printing/redrock-sentinel-otj.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
2. [Shifting Wall](/printing/shifting-wall-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall
3. [Shield Sphere](/printing/shield-sphere-all.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall
4. [Undercity Scrounger](/printing/undercity-scrounger-neo.md) — Artifact Creature — Human Rogue
5. [Shield-Wall Sentinel](/printing/shield-wall-sentinel-dmu.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
6. [Wall of Junk](/printing/wall-of-junk-dmr.md) — Artifact Creature — Wall

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Foundations (FDN) #252
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jason Felix
- **Total Printings:** 29 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`