Riveteers Initiate
Creature — Lizard Citizen
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #28234
Riveteers Initiate is a one-mana 2/1 with trample that self-mills two cards on entry — the body is fine, but you're here for the graveyard setup. In any deck that cares about what's in the bin, it does real work on turn one for essentially no cost.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Riveteers Initiate is a role-player in Jund or Golgari graveyard builds — one mana for two cards in the bin is efficient setup that doesn't ask anything of you. In Pauper, it competes in aggressive shells or graveyard-matters brews where early bodies and incidental mill both matter; the trample clause is legitimately relevant when you're racing. Modern and Pioneer have enough redundancy in self-mill strategies that Riveteers Initiate sits at the fringe, better replaced by cards with higher individual ceilings, but it's not embarrassing in budget builds. Legacy and Vintage are out of scope for a card at this power level.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Riveteers Initiate is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not a singles order. It holds no financial value to speak of, but at that price, there's zero barrier to running four copies in any format where it fits.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.