Ravos, Soultender
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
Flying
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Treasure Chest
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9195
Ravos, Soultender puts a free Raise Dead on your upkeep every turn while pumping your whole team +1/+1 — that combination of recursive value and passive pressure is rare on a single four-mana body. The cost is that both halves are slow: the recursion triggers at upkeep, not on ETB, and the buff doesn't stack with haste enablers you're not already running. Pair it with an artifact-heavy reanimation shell like Time Sieve or a cleric chain like Orah, Skyclave Hierophant and it pulls serious weight; in a generic goodstuff list it's just a mediocre beater.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant chains cleric deaths into more cleric recursion, and Ravos, Soultender backs that up with a second recurring retrieval trigger each upkeep — if Orah gets answered, Ravos keeps pulling clerics back to hand so the engine never fully stalls.
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness rewards you for losing creatures and gaining life off them, and Ravos, Soultender converts those deaths into hand refills while keeping pressure on opponents with the anthem — the two cards address the same game plan from different angles.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Ravos, Soultender actually belongs — the card is designed around a slow, cumulative loop that needs multiple turns to pay off, and 100-card multiplayer is the only format patient enough to let that happen. It's legal in Legacy and Vintage but sees no meaningful play in either; a four-mana creature that retrieves one card per turn at upkeep is nowhere near the pace those formats demand. Oathbreaker is technically an option, but the partner mechanic that makes Ravos most useful — pairing it with a second commander — doesn't exist there, which cuts its ceiling significantly. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
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Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data isn't available for Ravos, Soultender, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a Commander-legal partner with niche but real demand in cleric and reanimator builds, it tends to sit in the modest range — not a bulk rare, but not a chase card either.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.