Rescue Retriever
Creature — Dog Soldier
Flash
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each other Soldier you control.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to other attacking Soldiers you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #8774
Rescue Retriever enters the battlefield, triggers an investigation, and leaves you a Clue token to crack later — card advantage stapled to a body, no extra mana required on entry. Commander Mustard is the natural home, where every artifact and every token feeds a larger engine, and a 3/1 for three that replaces itself on arrival is exactly the rate that deck wants.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Commander Mustard
Commander Mustard rewards flooding the board with cheap artifacts, and Rescue Retriever delivers both a creature and a Clue on the same card — that's two artifacts for the price of one spell, which accelerates the whole engine.
Myrel, Shield of Argive
Myrel, Shield of Argive wants as many Soldiers as possible to lock out opponents on their turn, and Rescue Retriever is a Soldier that also generates a Clue, giving the deck a built-in draw outlet without diluting the creature density.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rescue Retriever is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it does the most work — artifact synergy decks and token strategies consistently pick it up as a curve-filler that doesn't go card-negative. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact for a competitive field that punishes three-mana do-nothings at sorcery speed. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in structure, so the same artifact-matters shells apply there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Rescue Retriever is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that pulls genuine double duty in the right deck. Bulk rares with clear Commander homes tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so pick up copies now if you need them and don't expect the price to move meaningfully either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.