Retrieval Agent
Creature — Human Soldier
: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30481
Retrieval Agent enters and returns a target artifact or creature you control to your hand — a built-in bounce that resets enter-the-battlefield triggers on demand. At two mana for a 1/1 with no evasion, you're paying for the effect, not the body.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Retrieval Agent earns its slot, specifically in ETB-value decks that want to replay the same artifact or creature repeatedly. Outside of Commander, it's a fringe option at best — Pauper can theoretically use it in flicker-adjacent shells, but better common alternatives exist, and competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have no patience for a 1/1 with no immediate board impact. Retrieval Agent is a role-player, not a format staple.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Retrieval Agent is deep bulk — you're picking these out of a commons box, not tracking them on a buylist. Price stability is a non-issue; it will sit at a nickel indefinitely unless a future printing pushes a specific ETB archetype into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.