Robber of the Rich
Creature — Human Archer Rogue
Reach, haste
Whenever this creature attacks, if defending player has more cards in hand than you, exile the top card of their library. During any turn you attacked with a Rogue, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine Promos
- Price
- $1.25
- EDHREC rank
- #10027
Robber of the Rich hits the board as a 2/2 haste archer that immediately threatens exile-stealing from any opponent with a larger hand — pressure and resource denial on the same two-mana body. The condition (you must have fewer cards) is real, but in Commander you're almost always the hungriest player at the table, and Laughing Jasper Flint turns every stolen card into a repeatable advantage engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Laughing Jasper Flint
Laughing Jasper Flint's entire gameplan is casting spells from exile, and Robber of the Rich feeds that engine every combat step — stolen cards go straight into the pool Jasper wants to fire from, making the Robber one of the highest-value two-drops in the deck.
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter rewards playing cards you don't own, and Robber of the Rich generates a steady stream of exactly that — each stolen card is a potential Treasure trigger waiting to happen.
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer decks stack red theft effects to overwhelm opponents with their own cards, and Robber of the Rich slots in as a complementary threat that attacks from a different angle — haste plus reach covers boards where Ragavan gets chump-blocked.
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 |
In Commander, Robber of the Rich overperforms its two-mana price tag — three opponents means someone almost always has more cards in hand, so the condition is rarely a bottleneck, and haste means it starts stealing the turn it enters. In Modern and Legacy, it saw fringe play in aggressive red shells but was always competing with faster, more impactful one-drops; the hand-size condition is far more constraining in one-on-one games where your opponent can manage parity. Pioneer gives it slightly more room to breathe in midrange red, but it never broke through as a staple there either. Robber of the Rich is simply better the more opponents are at the table, which is why Commander is its natural home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.25 cheap tier
At $1.25, Robber of the Rich is cheap for the impact it delivers in multiplayer — this is a card that used to flirt with $10+ and has since settled into bulk-rare territory, making it an easy include for any budget. It's unlikely to spike hard given the reprint history, so grab it whenever you're sleeving up a red theft or exile-matters Commander deck.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.