Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
Legendary Creature — Goblin Pilot
Vigilance
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is Redshift's power. Spend this mana only to activate abilities.
Exhaust — 
: Put any number of permanent cards from your hand onto the battlefield. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #9827
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief lands with a tap ability that generates mana and synergizes with untap loops — the kind of engine piece that ends games when paired with Umbral Mantle or similar equipment. The cost is a three-mana legendary that does nothing until you build around it, which means Agatha of the Vile Cauldron decks are its natural home: she exiles Redshift, Rocketeer Chief and spreads that activated ability across every creature on board.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron runs Redshift, Rocketeer Chief in over 63% of builds because exiling it puts that mana-generating tap ability on every creature Agatha pumps, turning a single legendary into a board-wide engine that scales with counters.
Balthier and Fran
Balthier and Fran picks up Redshift, Rocketeer Chief as a mana engine that curves into the artifact-and-rogue synergies the deck already wants to exploit, giving the pair a way to accelerate into expensive spells without relying solely on treasure.
Loot, the Pathfinder
Loot, the Pathfinder values Redshift, Rocketeer Chief as repeatable mana acceleration that keeps up with the deck's appetite for casting multiple spells in a turn, slotting naturally into a strategy that rewards having extra mana open.
Svella, Ice Shaper
Svella, Ice Shaper uses the mana production from Redshift, Rocketeer Chief to feed its expensive activated ability faster, compressing the number of turns it takes to start casting spells directly off the top of the library.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief is legal across every major constructed format but is firmly a Commander card — its activated ability rewards the kind of untap and counter synergies that are too slow and too build-around for competitive sixty-card environments. In Standard and Pioneer it's a three-mana legendary with no immediate board impact, which is simply too low-power for formats where threats need to demand an answer the turn they land. Modern and Legacy offer the raw combo density to break tap abilities wide open, but neither format is hungry for a three-mana creature with no protection when faster engines exist. Commander is where Redshift, Rocketeer Chief is genuinely dangerous — the 100-card singleton format gives it the time and the toolbox to become the center of a mana loop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Redshift, Rocketeer ChiefUmbral Mantle
Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities; Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Redshift, Rocketeer ChiefStaff of Domination
Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
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Redshift, Rocketeer ChiefAggravated Assault
Infinite combat phases; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
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Redshift, Rocketeer ChiefSword of the Paruns
Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
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Redshift, Rocketeer ChiefFreed from the Real
Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
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Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Redshift, Rocketeer Chief is bulk, which understates how much work it does in dedicated builds — combo pieces that enable infinite mana this cheaply rarely stay at floor pricing if the card sees broader discovery. Pick up copies now; bulk rares with genuine combo applications have a consistent history of creeping upward as decks get shared online.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.