Captain Ripley Vance
Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
Whenever you cast your third spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Captain Ripley Vance, then it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #15744
Captain Ripley Vance turns your third spell each turn into a free Lightning Bolt, rewarding spell-dense red strategies with consistent, no-cost chip damage. The payoff is real, but it demands you build around the trigger rather than just slot her into any red deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Captain Ripley Vance is a Commander card through and through — the third-spell threshold is easy to hit in a 100-card singleton environment built around cantrips, rituals, and cheap interaction, and the cumulative damage adds up over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana is a steep ask for a 3/3 whose trigger requires setup, and faster, denser spell engines make her redundant before she ever fires. Modern has the same problem: the format moves too fast for a three-drop that doesn't immediately affect the board. Commander is the only format where Captain Ripley Vance has a real home, specifically as the commander of a mono-red storm or spellslinger shell that can reliably hit her trigger multiple times per turn cycle.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Captain Ripley Vance is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or trade fodder. As a commander-only card with a narrow build-around requirement, don't expect that price to move much in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.