Rinoa Heartilly
Legendary Creature — Human Rebel Warlock
When Rinoa Heartilly enters, create Angelo, a legendary 1/1 green and white Dog creature token.
Angelo Cannon — Whenever Rinoa Heartilly attacks, another target creature you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each creature you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #14535
Rinoa Heartilly puts a free creature into play the moment she enters — the value is front-loaded and immediate, not conditional on surviving a turn cycle. She's a staple in Sophia, Dogged Detective builds specifically because both halves of her text map onto what that deck wants to do anyway.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sophia, Dogged Detective
Sophia, Dogged Detective rewards you for playing creatures with enters-the-battlefield effects and clue generation, and Rinoa Heartilly delivers both on the same card — she's an auto-include, which is why nearly one in five Sophia decks runs her.
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 |
Rinoa Heartilly is legal in every major constructed format, but Commander is where she actually earns a slot. In 60-card formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy — a three-mana creature that creates a token needs to either close the game or generate card advantage on the spot, and her rate doesn't clear that bar against the competition. In Commander, the math flips: singleton pressure, multiplayer card advantage, and synergy-dense decks make her ETB trigger worth the slot, especially in any shell that cares about tokens, enters-the-battlefield effects, or sacrifice fodder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Rinoa Heartilly is bulk — pick up copies freely without any financial hesitation. Bulk rares from supplemental products rarely spike unless a competitive deck adopts them, and nothing in her text points there, so expect the price to stay exactly where it is.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.