Discreet Retreat
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast outlaw spells or activate abilities of outlaw sources." (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)
Whenever you cast your first outlaw spell each turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #9988
Discreet Retreat gives you a repeatable source of Treasure tokens on a land — no mana cost, no card slot beyond the land itself — as long as you're attacking with a Vampire, which is exactly what Olivia, Opulent Outlaw demands. The opportunity cost is nearly zero, and the payoff is real mana acceleration stapled to your combat step.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw triggers off Vampires dealing combat damage to players, and Discreet Retreat converts that same attack trigger into a Treasure, so every successful swing builds both your board and your mana bank simultaneously.
Laughing Jasper Flint
Laughing Jasper Flint runs aggressive crime-focused lines that reward connecting with opponents, and Discreet Retreat slots in as a land-based Treasure engine that keeps accelerating your mana without asking for a card from hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Discreet Retreat is a Commander card through and through — the effect is slow and incremental, which matters a lot less when games go twenty turns than when Legacy or Vintage is trying to win on turn two. In those eternal formats it's legal but entirely outclassed by faster mana and more impactful land options. Commander is where a land that generates a Treasure every time a Vampire attacks earns its slot, particularly in any Vampire tribal build where the attack trigger fires repeatedly and the Treasure snowballs into overloaded spells or extra activations.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Discreet Retreat is firmly bulk — easy to pick up and an effortless inclusion for any Vampire tribal Commander deck on a budget. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless a high-profile Vampire commander drives a sudden demand surge.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.