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Radiant Performer

Creature — Human Wizard

Flash
When this creature enters, if you cast it from your hand, choose target spell or ability that targets only a single permanent or player. Copy that spell or ability for each other permanent or player the spell or ability could target. Each copy targets a different one of those permanents and players.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2021
Price
$2.08
EDHREC rank
#11155
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Radiant Performer card art
Radiant Performer copies a triggered or activated ability and retargets it at every legal target on the board — that's a full table-wide replication for four mana. Commanders like River Song and Xira, the Golden Sting that generate stacked triggered abilities turn it into a one-card win condition; anywhere else, it's a niche roleplayer.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Xira, the Golden Sting

Xira, the Golden Sting

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.34

Xira, the Golden Sting places poison counters through triggered abilities, and Radiant Performer retargets one of those triggers to hit every opponent simultaneously — three poison counters for the price of one activation is exactly the kind of geometric acceleration Xira needs to close games.

02
Imodane, the Pyrohammer

Imodane, the Pyrohammer

13.7% of decks · synergy 0.13

Imodane, the Pyrohammer converts damage dealt to one player into a spell that pings every other opponent, and Radiant Performer copies that trigger and retargets it to the whole table — the result is a chain reaction where a single Imodane trigger can threaten lethal across multiple seats at once.

03
River Song

River Song

12.4% of decks · synergy 0.12

River Song rewards casting spells out of order with triggered draws and exile effects, and Radiant Performer copies one of those triggers and retargets it at every valid object or player — in a deck built to fire Song's triggers repeatedly, that's a reliable way to bury opponents in card advantage.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Radiant Performer is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer board is the only place where 'each other target' means three additional hits instead of one, which is what justifies the four-mana cost. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal, but single-target interaction resolves faster and cheaper there, so Radiant Performer never competes. Oathbreaker shares enough of the multiplayer DNA that specific spellslinger signatures could use it, though the smaller format shrinks the upside. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.08 cheap tier

At $2.08, Radiant Performer sits in the impulse-buy tier — cheap enough to test without commitment. It's a narrow card with a loud ceiling, so the price reflects the limited number of decks that actually want it; expect it to stay in this range unless a breakout commander pushes demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.