Rivaz of the Claw
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{R}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Lizard Warlock
- Power / toughness
- 3 / 3
- Set
- Dominaria United #314 (rare)
- Price
- $0.79 USD
Menace
{T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon creature spells.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard.
Whenever you cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard, it gains "When this creature dies, exile it."
Rivaz of the Claw has 5 printings, first in Dominaria United (2022). EDHREC ranks it #3,025 among Commander cards. It appears most in The Ur-Dragon decks (26,287 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Rivaz of the Claw most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- The Ur-Dragon: 26,287 decks
- Tiamat: 6,004 decks
- Scion of the Ur-Dragon: 2,569 decks
- Smaug the Impenetrable: 1,946 decks
- Niv-Mizzet, Guildpact: 950 decks
- Rohgahh, Kher Keep Overlord: 936 decks
- Niv-Mizzet Reborn: 709 decks
- Smaug, Wicked Worm: 698 decks
Often played with Rivaz of the Claw
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The casting permission granted by Rivaz’s third ability doesn’t change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
- : The ability that the spell gains as Rivaz’s last ability resolves continues to apply to the permanent that spell becomes after the spell resolves, even if it stops being a Dragon or stops being a creature.
- : The ability that the spell gains only applies to it once it’s on the battlefield. If the spell is countered before it resolves, that ability will not exile it.
- : The last ability triggers when you cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard for any reason. It triggers even if you didn’t use mana generated by Rivaz’s activated ability to pay its costs.
- : Once you begin casting a spell from your graveyard, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can’t take any other actions until you’re done casting the spell.
- : You can use mana generated by the activated ability to pay an alternative cost (such as an escape cost) or an additional cost to cast a Dragon spell. It’s not limited to paying just that spell’s mana cost.