Riptide Entrancer
Creature — Human Wizard
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice it. If you do, gain control of target creature that player controls. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $1.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17568
Riptide Entrancer steals any creature on the spot — no targeting restriction, no combat step required — just morph it face-up and take whatever your opponent values most. The cost is real: you have to pay six mana total to flip it, and your opponents see the morph sitting there and know exactly what's coming.
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 where Riptide Entrancer does its best work — the singleton format means your opponents will always have high-value creatures worth stealing, and the longer games give you the mana to flip it at the right moment. Blue morph and blink shells get the most mileage out of it, letting you re-morph Riptide Entrancer after a flicker to steal again. In Legacy and Vintage it's theoretically legal but far too slow — six mana across two steps gets you laughed off the table in formats that end on turn two or three. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if your spell is in blue and your game plan involves tempo or theft.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.28 cheap tier
At $1.28, Riptide Entrancer sits in budget territory for what is genuinely a unique effect — unconditional creature theft on a morph body has no direct replacement at this price. Demand is niche enough that the price has stayed flat for years, so don't expect it to spike unless a popular Commander product puts morph back in the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.