Rimekin Recluse
Creature — Elemental Wizard
When this creature enters, return up to one other target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20072
Rimekin Recluse enters the battlefield and immediately starts taxing your opponents' instants and sorceries — every spell cast during their turn costs one more mana as long as it's in play. The ask is three mana for a 2/3, which is a fair rate for a repeatable soft lock that doesn't require any setup.
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 |
In Commander, Rimekin Recluse slots cleanly into any blue control shell that wants to make instant-speed interaction more punishing without leaning on dedicated stax pieces — it slows down counterspell wars and cantrip chains without requiring a full tax-heavy build around it. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, a three-mana 2/3 that only taxes opponents' turn is simply too slow; tempo decks have killed you before this matters, and control mirrors already have better tools. Standard is the one place it might see fringe play if the format slows enough to reward this kind of incremental disruption. Rimekin Recluse is fundamentally a multiplayer card — the tax hits three opponents simultaneously, compounding its value in ways a 60-card duel never replicates.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Rimekin Recluse is deep bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the cardboard. New printings or reprint pressure are unlikely to move it further down, so there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.