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Raven's Crime

Sorcery

Target player discards a card.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Modern Masters
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#15216
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Raven's Crime card art
Raven's Crime strips a card from every opponent's hand for one black mana, and retrace off Dakmor Salvage means you can fire it every turn for the rest of the game without ever spending another card. Tinybones, Trinket Thief turns that loop into a damage clock and an engine — once the table is empty-handed, Tinybones drains and draws at your end step while Raven's Crime keeps them there.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Tinybones, Trinket Thief

Tinybones, Trinket Thief

14.1% of decks · synergy 0.13

Tinybones, Trinket Thief rewards keeping opponents empty-handed, and Raven's Crime paired with Dakmor Salvage is the most mana-efficient way to do exactly that every single turn — Tinybones then punishes them with end-step drain triggers while they have nothing left to respond with.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Raven's Crime is a legitimate engine piece rather than a role-player — the retrace mechanic scales up to three targets around the table, and pairing it with Dakmor Salvage produces a repeatable discard loop that most decks have no answer for. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees niche play in dedicated discard shells but competes with faster, cheaper disruption like Thoughtseize; it's playable, not essential. Pauper is where it has historically shown the most competitive presence, slotting into Mono-Black Control as a late-game mana sink that grinds opponents out of resources once the board stabilizes. It's not legal in Pioneer or Standard, which limits its reach but doesn't affect its Commander case at all.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Raven's Crime is firmly bulk — you're getting a repeatable, multi-player discard engine for the price of a sleeve. Supply is broad enough that the price is unlikely to move significantly without a spike in competitive Pauper demand, so pick up copies now without any urgency.

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