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Rishkar, Peema Renegade

Legendary Creature — Elf Druid

When Rishkar enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures.
Each creature you control with a counter on it has "{T}: Add {G}."

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Neon Dynasty Commander
Price
$0.34
EDHREC rank
#791
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Rishkar, Peema Renegade card art
Rishkar, Peema Renegade enters, distributes +1/+1 counters across up to two creatures, and immediately converts every counter-bearing permanent into a mana dork — that's a card that can generate two mana the turn it lands for three mana spent. Commanders built around counters, like Tayam, Luminous Enigma and Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh, run it because it's free acceleration that scales with their board rather than a fixed rock that doesn't.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh

75.7% of decks · synergy 0.73

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh's whole engine depends on loading counters onto permanents, and Rishkar, Peema Renegade immediately turns that infrastructure into a mana source — letting the deck reinvest counters as ramp rather than just as stats.

02
Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

72.7% of decks · synergy 0.67

Tayam, Luminous Enigma's activated ability costs counters, so having creatures that tap for mana and double as fuel is exactly the redundancy the deck needs. Rishkar, Peema Renegade enters already stocking the engine.

03
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

65.2% of decks · synergy 0.60

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade generates a steady flow of +1/+1 counters via Aura and Equipment triggers, meaning Rishkar, Peema Renegade arrives into a board full of future mana producers. The combination accelerates Chishiro's go-wide plan significantly faster than a generic ramp spell.

04
Reyhan, Last of the AbzanYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

64.7% of decks · synergy 0.59

The Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful pairing is fundamentally a counters-matter deck that wants every creature to accrue and redistribute counters — Rishkar, Peema Renegade fits by ensuring those counters also produce mana, turning a board of modified creatures into a ramp engine.

05
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

65.3% of decks · synergy 0.57

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin reduces costs for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter, so Rishkar, Peema Renegade does double work: it places counters to trigger Hamza's discount and then makes those same creatures tap for mana to pay whatever's left.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Rishkar, Peema Renegade earns its keep — entering with two +1/+1 counters to distribute and turning any counter-bearing creature into a mana producer is a genuine three-for-one in the right shell, and counter-synergy commanders run it at over 75% inclusion rates for that reason. In Modern and Pioneer the story is less compelling: three mana for a 2/2 that buffs existing creatures is too slow against decks with faster clocks, and the payoff requires board presence that aggressive matchups won't let you maintain. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but functionally irrelevant — the format speeds make Rishkar a non-starter outside very fringe brews. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for the same reasons Commander is, particularly under a Planeswalker that cares about counters.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.34 bulk tier

At $0.34, Rishkar, Peema Renegade is deep bulk — easy to acquire as throw-ins or cheap singles without any budget planning. That price is stable: it's not a card with sudden breakout potential in competitive formats, so what you see now is what you'll pay indefinitely.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.