Bria, Riptide Rogue
Legendary Creature — Otter Rogue
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Other creatures you control have prowess. (If a creature has multiple instances of prowess, each triggers separately.)
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2937
Bria, Riptide Rogue turns every noncreature spell cast from exile into a free connive trigger, which means spell-slinging decks that already want to exile and recast get a cantrip-plus-loot engine stapled onto their gameplan. Alania, Divergent Storm is the natural home — over half of Alania builds already run Bria, and the overlap is obvious.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alania, Divergent Storm
Alania, Divergent Storm casts instants and sorceries from exile constantly, and Bria, Riptide Rogue converts each of those casts into a connive trigger that smooths draws and loads the graveyard — the two form a self-sustaining card-quality engine that Alania decks lean on hard, reflected in the 57% inclusion rate.
Narset, Enlightened Exile
Narset, Enlightened Exile exiles noncreature spells and replays them, so Bria, Riptide Rogue fires a connive trigger on every free recast Narset generates, stacking looting value on top of the spells-matter payoffs Narset already wants.
Elsha, Threefold Master
Elsha, Threefold Master casts noncreature spells from the top of the library, and Bria, Riptide Rogue treats each of those exiled casts as a connive trigger — the combination turns Elsha's top-deck manipulation into a draw-filtering loop that keeps the spell chain alive.
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot
Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot rewards casting instants and sorceries with pump effects, and Bria, Riptide Rogue adds a connive layer on top, meaning every cantrip or removal spell is also quietly sculpting the hand and powering up Lilah's combat package.
Shiko and Narset, Unified
Shiko and Narset, Unified want spells cast from exile to trigger their abilities, and Bria, Riptide Rogue stacks connive triggers onto that same axis — running Bria here turns the pair's exile-and-recast gameplan into a consistent card-quality engine alongside the primary payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bria, Riptide Rogue is a role-player, not a headliner — slot it into any exile-matters or spells-from-exile deck and it quietly generates connive value on top of whatever engine is already running. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, Bria is too slow and too conditional; three mana for an effect that requires exiled spell casts puts it well outside what those formats will tolerate. Pioneer and Standard are the same story — the payoff exists but the tempo cost is too steep for formats that punish three-mana do-nothings at sorcery speed. Commander is where Bria actually earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Bria, Riptide Rogue isn't available yet, so check current listings on TCGPlayer or Scryfall before buying. Given its narrow role as a synergy piece in specific exile-matters Commander builds, expect it to sit at bulk-rare pricing unless demand from Alania or Narset spikes it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.