Vraska, Relic Seeker
Legendary Planeswalker — Vraska
+2: Create a 2/2 black Pirate creature token with menace.
−3: Destroy target artifact, creature, or enchantment. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
−10: Target player's life total becomes 1.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Ixalan Promos
- Price
- $5.43
- EDHREC rank
- #8170
Vraska, Relic Seeker enters the battlefield and immediately threatens to eat an artifact, enchantment, or creature — all while generating a Treasure token on the same turn. Six mana is real, but the payoff is a planeswalker that stabilizes a board, accelerates mana, and closes games with its ultimate, making Carth the Lion one of its best homes for pushing loyalty counters faster.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Carth the Lion
Carth the Lion's static ability puts an extra loyalty counter on Vraska, Relic Seeker the moment it enters, letting you tick up to ultimate range a full turn ahead of schedule — and Carth's tutor trigger means you can find Vraska reliably in the first place.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer decks run a planeswalker-tribal shell that benefits from any Vraska being on board, and Vraska, Relic Seeker adds removal, ramp, and a game-ending ultimate to the mix without competing for the commander slot.
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain cares about Treasure tokens, and Vraska, Relic Seeker generates one on plus while also removing the threats that would otherwise pressure a wide token board.
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 |
Commander is where Vraska, Relic Seeker actually sees play — six mana is no problem in a 40-life format where games go long and the removal-plus-Treasure-plus-ultimate package is worth the investment. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, a six-mana planeswalker that doesn't impact the stack on the turn it enters is too slow against efficient threats and countermagic, so it essentially doesn't see competitive play there. Oathbreaker is the other relevant format: Vraska, Relic Seeker is a legal planeswalker commander option, and its built-in value engine suits the format's longer threat-response pace.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Vraska, Betrayal's Sting and Vraska, Swarm's Eminence both sit under $2 and offer removal or creature generation, but neither matches Vraska, Relic Seeker's immediate impact — you lose either the Treasure acceleration or the artifact-and-enchantment removal breadth. If the Treasure generation is the main draw, Bolas's Citadel-style value engines or cheaper token producers fill that role without the six-mana ask.
Price Context
Current price
$5.43 mid tier
At $5.43, Vraska, Relic Seeker sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to be a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that it doesn't strain a reasonable Commander budget. The price has stayed stable because its play rate is concentrated in Carth the Lion lists rather than spiking across multiple archetypes, so there's no strong reason to expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Carth the Lion
- Vraska, the Silencer
- Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.