Relic Retriever
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Spirit Monkey
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 1
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #35 (rare)
- Price
- $0.23 USD
First strike
At the beginning of each end step, if a card left your graveyard this turn, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Relic Retriever has 2 printings, first in Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). EDHREC ranks it #10,056 among Commander cards. It appears most in Quintorius, History Chaser decks (8,535 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Relic Retriever
- Lorehold Spirit - Secrets of Strixhaven, led by Quintorius, History Chaser
Commanders that run Relic Retriever most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Quintorius, History Chaser: 8,535 decks
- Excava, the Risen Past: 362 decks
- Queen Kayla bin-Kroog: 229 decks
- Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch: 189 decks
- Gau, Feral Youth: 146 decks
- Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury: 141 decks
- Hofri Ghostforge: 134 decks
- Syrix, Carrier of the Flame: 125 decks
Often played with Relic Retriever
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Relic Retriever's last ability will check as your end step starts to see if any cards have left your graveyard this turn. If none did, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to remove cards from your graveyard during your end step in time to have the ability trigger.