Rivaz of the Claw
Legendary Creature — Lizard Warlock
Menace
: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon creature spells.
Once during each of your turns, you may cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard.
Whenever you cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard, it gains "When this creature dies, exile it."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #2940
Rivaz of the Claw lets you cast Dragon spells from your graveyard — paying mana rather than finding reanimation spells — which means a board wipe sets you back far less than it should. The catch is exile-on-end-step if those Dragons don't die naturally, so you need Dragon tribal already doing the dying, not just the killing; The Ur-Dragon shells deliver exactly that.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon is already running every pushed Dragon available, and Rivaz of the Claw slots in as the engine's safety valve — when your alpha-strike eats a sweeper, Rivaz turns the graveyard into a second hand on the very next turn.
Piru, the Volatile
Piru, the Volatile's death trigger is a built-in reset button, and Rivaz of the Claw converts that board-clear into immediate value by letting you replay the Dragons that just hit the graveyard alongside Piru.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Rivaz of the Claw is a Commander card front to back — the payoff scales with how many expensive Dragons you're running, and only EDH gives you the density and game length to recoup multiple castings from the graveyard. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the card is legal but functionally irrelevant: competitive Dragon packages in those formats don't want a three-mana 3/3 whose ability fires slowly and conditionally. Oathbreaker could support a Dragon-heavy build, but the 20-life clock makes grinding from the graveyard a luxury you rarely reach.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Rivaz of the Claw is firmly bulk — a low barrier of entry for any Dragon player who doesn't already own one. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications tend to stay in this range unless a new pushed Dragon or reprint causes a spike, so pick it up for the deck and don't expect the price to move much.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.