Oasis Ritualist
Creature — Snake Druid
: Add one mana of any color., Exert this creature: Add two mana of any one color. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22063
Oasis Ritualist taps for two mana of any color — strong on paper — but the tap-only restriction means it does nothing the turn it enters and contributes zero when you're not actively spending mana each turn. The entire case for running it rests on Freed from the Real or a similar untap engine; without one, it's a worse Alloy Myr.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Oasis Ritualist is legal everywhere except Standard, but competitive Constructed formats ignore it entirely — four mana for a tapped mana dork is unplayable in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage, where the bar for ramp starts at one mana. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth mentioning: enchantment-untap combos do exist at common, and the two-colored-mana output has genuine combo utility there at low cost. Commander is where Oasis Ritualist actually gets played, specifically in decks that run Freed from the Real or Pemmin's Aura to generate infinite mana, since the two-mana tap means each untap loop nets positive.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available in the current feed for Oasis Ritualist, but as a common from a mid-tier set it typically sits under $0.50 and is trivial to acquire in bulk. If you're building the Freed from the Real combo package, the ritualist is never the expensive part — pick it up without thinking about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.