Rilsa Rael, Kingpin
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Deathtouch
When Rilsa Rael enters, you take the initiative.
Whenever you attack, target attacking creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. If you've completed a dungeon, that creature also gets +5/+0 and gains first strike and menace until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #6736
Rilsa Rael, Kingpin hands every creature you control deathtouch, intimidate, or lifelink at end of combat — stacked on top of each other the longer she stays in play — turning even a 1/1 token into a genuine threat. The cost is a five-mana legend who does nothing the turn she enters and dies to any removal before the first combat trigger lands; Sefris of the Hidden Ways decks tolerate that fragility because they can recur her repeatedly from the dungeon venture payoff.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Sefris of the Hidden Ways ventures into dungeons on every creature death, and Dungeon of the Mad Mage's final room lets you reanimate a creature from any graveyard — making Rilsa Rael, Kingpin effectively immortal as long as the engine is running. That recursion loop means the end-of-combat ability stacks freely, so your board ends up with deathtouch and intimidate and lifelink simultaneously.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds can end the turn before an opponent's end step triggers resolve, but the interaction here is simpler: Rilsa Rael, Kingpin's end-of-combat trigger accumulates counters each combat, and Obeka shells run enough extra-combat effects to double or triple the keyword stack in a single turn cycle.
The Destined Warrior
The Destined Warrior cares about creatures with multiple keywords, and Rilsa Rael, Kingpin is one of the fastest ways to load a board with deathtouch, lifelink, and intimidate simultaneously. Stacking all three keywords on The Destined Warrior itself turns each attack into a near-unblockable, life-draining, trade-proof threat.
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 the only realistic home for Rilsa Rael, Kingpin — a five-mana legendary with a delayed, cumulative payoff needs a 40-life multiplayer game where the board sticks long enough to matter. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but have zero interest in a five-mana do-nothing-on-entry creature when both formats operate at instant speed and two-mana tempo. Oathbreaker is theoretically possible but the same fragility problem applies at 20 life — she needs multiple combat steps to earn her slot, and Oathbreaker games rarely run long enough. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Rilsa Rael, Kingpin isn't available in the current dataset, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. She's a single-printing Commander precon rare, which typically puts cards in the $1–4 range unless breakout synergy drives demand — worth verifying before you buy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sefris of the Hidden Ways
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
- The Destined Warrior
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.