Oran-Rief Recluse
Creature — Spider
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, destroy target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #18310
Oran-Rief Recluse enters the battlefield and kills a flying creature outright — no attack step required, no combat trick window. The cost is that you're paying 2G for a 1/3 with no ongoing upside, which is a real price in formats where enchantments and instants can answer flyers more efficiently.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant cares about creatures with reach, and Oran-Rief Recluse checks that box while doubling as an ETB removal spell — so it pulls double duty as both a synergy piece and targeted interaction the deck actually wants.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Oran-Rief Recluse is a niche role-player in dedicated reach-matters builds and spider tribal, not a general-purpose include — flying is everywhere in the format, but a 3-mana sorcery-speed kill spell attached to a 1/3 body rarely competes with instant-speed answers. Pauper is where Oran-Rief Recluse has the most legitimate case: commons-only pools thin out the competition, reach is a real defensive asset, and the ETB removal is relevant against evasive threats. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's simply outclassed — those formats have efficient removal at every turn, and a conditional creature-removal ETB effect isn't close to the rate you need.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Oran-Rief Recluse is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for cardboard. It's stable there; nothing about the card's design suggests a reprint bump or demand spike will move it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.