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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

MH2 · mythic · Released 2021-06-18

Power

brawl
tier-1Game-defining
commander
tier-1Game-defining

Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell).

Derived from the 7 atoms below.

over

above rate

standalone

meaningful alone

modular

fits anywhere

takes over

can take over a game

flexible

multiple modes

broad

broadly useful

recurring

comes back

Commander Bracket

Not yet bracketed (or genuinely unplaceable).

Archetypes

positive:
aggrotempomidrangetreasure
negative:
stax-prisoncontrol

Roles

aggressive-creatureevasive-threattreasure-generatorcard-advantageattack-trigger

Risks

attack-trigger-onlyremoval-magnet

Mechanics

mech-treasuremech-dash

Typal

synergy:
monkeypirate
anti:

Structural

triggered-abilityalternative-cost

Rationale

1cmc 2/1 legendary monkey pirate — on combat damage: creates a Treasure token AND exiles top card of damaged player's library, castable until end of turn. Dash {1}{R} gives haste and bounce-back protection. A format-warping 1-drop that simultaneously generates mana (Treasure), card advantage (opponent's exile), and applies early pressure; signature in red aggro, tempo, and pirate tribal. Dash makes it resilient to removal at the cost of requiring re-cast investment.

Learnings (1)

  • Brawl (1v1) eval, NOT cEDH/Commander: good in red aggro/tempo AND ramp — its Treasure generation on combat damage is mana acceleration, and Dash keeps it connecting. Not aggro-only.

    user · human

Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #269

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