Riven Turnbull
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
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- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $4.07
- EDHREC rank
- #28440
Riven Turnbull enters as a 2/5 deathtouch blocker that taps for five mana of any color — an absurd rate that effectively pays for itself the turn after it lands. The cost is six mana up front and the fact that it does nothing the turn it enters, which means it dies to a well-timed removal spell before you ever crack open the mana.
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 Riven Turnbull belongs — five-color fixing on a body is exactly what greedy multicolor piles want, and the deathtouch stat line discourages opponents from attacking into it while you set up. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but no constructed deck at those power levels is interested in a six-mana do-nothing-now creature when fast mana and efficient threats are the baseline. Oathbreaker can make use of it in the same way Commander does, though the faster game speed makes the tapped drawback sting more.
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Price Context
Current price
$4.07 cheap tier
At $4.07, Riven Turnbull sits in the cheap tier but on the high end of it — you're paying a small premium for a card with a narrow, Commander-specific home. The price is defensible if your deck genuinely needs five-color fixing on a creature, but it holds value only as long as demand stays concentrated among Riven Turnbull's actual target audience.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.