Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch

Creature — Dragon // Instant — Omen

Flying
When this creature enters, return up to two other target nonland permanents to their owners' hands.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Price
$1.58
EDHREC rank
#3625
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Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch card art
Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch lands as a massive flying Dragon with a built-in steal effect — the back face lets you snatch an opponent's creature as a sorcery, which is a two-for-one that closes games on its own. The cost is seven mana for the front face, which means it lives and dies by whether your deck can get it into play or into the graveyard efficiently; in any Dragon shell that can do either, it earns its slot. Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors it directly, and that alone justifies running one copy.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sivitri, Dragon Master

Sivitri, Dragon Master

42.9% of decks · synergy 0.42

Sivitri, Dragon Master's tutor ability fetches Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch directly to hand, turning a seven-drop into a guaranteed late-game threat you can plan around rather than hope to draw.

02
Ureni of the Unwritten

Ureni of the Unwritten

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.29

Ureni of the Unwritten fuels the graveyard and reanimates big creatures, making Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch a natural target — hit it off a Ferocious trigger, then steal something worth stealing.

03
Y'shtola Rhul

Y'shtola Rhul

26.2% of decks · synergy 0.24

Y'shtola Rhul rewards you for interacting with opponents' boards, and Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch's steal effect on Coil and Catch synergizes directly with that game plan by converting an opponent's best creature into your own resource.

04
Muddle, the Ever-Changing

Muddle, the Ever-Changing

21.0% of decks · synergy 0.20

Muddle, the Ever-Changing thrives on copying and transforming permanents, and Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch gives the deck a high-impact Dragon body that also generates value when the steal effect is duplicated or recurred.

05
Eshki Dragonclaw

Eshki Dragonclaw

20.3% of decks · synergy 0.14

Eshki Dragonclaw cares about Dragons attacking and dealing damage, and Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch contributes a flying, evasive body to that aggro gameplan while the back face provides a way to steal a blocker before swinging.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is the natural home for Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch — seven mana is a reasonable top-end in a 40-life format, Dragon tribal support is deep, and the steal effect on Coil and Catch scales up against the expensive threats opponents play in long games. In Standard and Pioneer, it's legal but competing against a faster clock where a seven-mana do-nothing-until-it-resolves creature is hard to justify outside dedicated Dragon shells. Modern has enough efficient interaction to make this a risky investment at that cost, though reanimate strategies could find a use for it. Legacy and Vintage have far more broken things to do with seven mana, so it won't see play there outside of pure fun. Oathbreaker, like Commander, gives it room to breathe — if your signature spell accelerates mana or reanimates, Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch is a legitimate payoff.

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Price Context

Current price

$1.58 cheap tier

At $1.58, Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch sits in the budget-rare tier where it's an easy include without deckbuilding guilt. Dragon tribal staples at this price point tend to hold steady rather than spike unless a new commander pushes demand, so this is a safe pick-up while it's cheap.

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