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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

First printed in Modern Horizons 2 (2021)

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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

Legendary Creature — Monkey Pirate

Whenever Ragavan deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token and exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card.
Dash 1 genericRed (You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)

2/1

Illustrated by
Simon Dominic

Legality

Rulings (6)

  • If you choose to pay the dash cost rather than the mana cost, you're still casting the spell. It goes on the stack and can be responded to and countered. You can cast a creature spell for its dash cost only when you otherwise could cast that creature spell. Most of the time, this means during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • You must still follow all timing restrictions and pay all costs when casting the exiled card. If you exile a land card, you can't play that card.
  • You'll create a Treasure token even if that player has no cards left in their library to exile.
  • If a creature enters the battlefield as a copy of or becomes a copy of a creature whose dash cost was paid, the copy won't have haste and won't be returned to its owner's hand.
  • If you pay the dash cost to cast a creature spell, that card will be returned to its owner's hand only if it's still on the battlefield when its triggered ability resolves. If it dies or goes to another zone before then, it will stay where it is.
  • You don't have to attack with the creature with dash unless another ability says you do.

Prices

MTGO price: 7.06 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer in Limited
Set GIH WR vs set IWD Games
Final Fantasy (FIN), Premier Draft 60.3% +4.5 +4.1 1751
March of the Machine (MOM), Premier Draft 59.7% +5.0 +7.0 5125
GIH WR
win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set
points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD
improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games
games in which the card was seen

Combos

1 combo:

Modern In 413 of 2839 decks (14.5%), most in Moonshadow

Staple: main deck, 12% of decks (#50)

Share of decks
14.5%
▲ 3.6 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-09: 9.0% 2026-08-16: 8.1% 2026-08-23: 10.3% 2026-08-30: 6.5% 2026-09-06: 8.1% 2026-09-13: 10.5% 2026-09-20: 14.0% 2026-09-27: 14.6% 2026-10-04: 16.5% 2026-10-11: 17.4% 2026-10-18: 12.6% 2026-10-25: 10.4%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
416
411 main, 6 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.8
in the main deck
Win rate
60%
53 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Moonshadow 12.0% 1%
Boros Energy 7.3% 85%
Prowess 6.8% 4%
Domain Zoo 4.9% 99%
WUBRG (unclassified) 2.5% 3%
WUR (unclassified) 1.8% 78%
UR (unclassified) 1.5% 70%
UBRG (unclassified) 0.9% 15%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Arid Mesa81%2.1
Flooded Strand75%2.8
Lightning Bolt72%2.3
Sacred Foundry64%3.4
Steam Vents60%2.1
Arena of Glory59%6.5
Elegant Parlor55%4.1
Galvanic Discharge52%5.3
Quantum Riddler47%3.1
Ajani, Nacatl Pariah // Ajani, Nacatl Avenger43%6.1

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Boros Energy
MayoDominaria in Modern Showcase Challenge
11-1
92%
Domain Zoo
gingeralegames in Modern Challenge 64
9-1
90%
WUR
Sam_Lewin in Modern Challenge 16
7-1
88%
Boros Energy
kasiso in Modern Challenge 32
6-1
86%
Boros Energy
yolad in Modern Challenge 32
6-1
86%
Boros Energy
wzanotti in Modern Challenge 64
8-2
80%
UR
duke12 in Modern RC Super Qualifier
8-2
80%
Boros Energy
Sorathrix in Modern Challenge 64
7-2
78%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Boros Energy
Misplacedginger,
4 main #8 (top 8)
of 66
5-3
WUR
mei0024,
3 main #24
of 66
4-3
Domain Zoo
wallofspikes,
4 main #26
of 66
4-3
Boros Energy
Walker735,
4 main #29
of 66
3-4
Prowess
Enida,
1 main #30
of 66
3-4
UBRG
sisterlover,
4 main #32
of 66
3-4
Boros Energy
TheRightStuff,
4 main #10
of 28
3-2
BR
ShzockChan,
4 main #11
of 52
4-2

Vintage In 9 of 692 decks (1.3%), most in UBRG (unclassified)

Share of decks
1.3%
▲ 1.0 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-09: 0.0% 2026-08-16: 1.0% 2026-08-23: 0.0% 2026-08-30: 3.7% 2026-09-06: 0.0% 2026-09-13: 0.0% 2026-09-20: 0.0% 2026-09-27: 1.5% 2026-10-04: 1.9% 2026-10-11: 2.2% 2026-10-18: 0.6% 2026-10-25: 0.0%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
9
9 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
2.1
in the main deck
Win rate
51%
2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
UBRG (unclassified) 3.3% 4%
WUR (unclassified) 0.7% 60%
URG (unclassified) 0.6% 75%
UR (unclassified) 0.4% 67%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Volcanic Island100%4.7
Strip Mine100%2.3
Gitaxian Probe100%1.9
Force of Negation100%1.9
Mental Misstep100%1.6
Mox Ruby100%1.4
Time Walk100%1.4
Ancestral Recall100%1.4
Force of Will100%1.3
Mox Sapphire100%1.1

Best win rate

DeckRecord
URG
MyPotatoes in Vintage Challenge 16
5-2
71%
UR
IamActuallyLvL1 in Vintage Challenge 32
4-2
67%
WUR
Shadowz2005 in Vintage Challenge 32
4-3
57%
UR
Matt Kunze in From The Vault: Vintage 5
2-3
40%
URG
maytwer in Vintage Challenge 32
2-3
40%
WUR
WingedHussar in Vintage Challenge 32
2-4
33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
UBRG
VenioEtVinco,
3 main 5-0
UR
IamActuallyLvL1,
3 main #11
of 49
4-2
UR
Matt Kunze,
1 main #15
of 23
2-3
URG
MyPotatoes,
1 main 5-0
URG
maytwer,
1 main #22
of 47
2-3
URG
MyPotatoes,
1 main #4 (top 8)
of 24
5-2
WUR
JUJUBEAN__2004,
3 main 5-0
WUR
WingedHussar,
3 main #30
of 48
2-4

Commander In 3134 of 6621 decks (47.3%), most in Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver

Staple: main deck, 47% of decks (#39)

Share of decks
47.4%
▲ 2.1 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-16: 48.6% 2026-08-23: 47.3% 2026-08-30: 46.8% 2026-09-06: 45.2% 2026-09-13: 44.3% 2026-09-20: 46.0% 2026-09-27: 46.1% 2026-10-04: 47.1% 2026-10-11: 49.0% 2026-10-18: 47.1% 2026-10-25: 45.7%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
3149
3149 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
1.0
in the main deck
Win rate
33%
775 top 8 (challenges only)

Best win rate

DeckRecord
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver
Harley Anderson [RITUAL] in Cian Colony Memorial Tournament 4
6-0
100%
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Matthew Swaney [Monolith] in Blast Off Gaming Whispers From The Archives cEDH Tournament!
5-0
100%
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Crimson [Helios] in Tabletop Tavern | Win-A-Dual cEDH Tournament - OCTOBER 2026
5-0
100%
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Gavin Jenders in The Stack and Shack Showdown #7: Shatter the Shack
5-1
83%
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
[Heineken] Fali in The Warsaw Pact 2.0 - cEDH European Championship Qualifier
5-1
83%
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan + Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Benjamin Hördt in Imperial Siege Nuremberg
4-1
80%
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh + Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Lorenzo Lazzarino in LA GIOSTRA DEL REGNO ATTO III: GLI ULTIMI EROI(VIII)
4-1
80%
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver
Sean Varnedoe in cEDH Win-A-Dual at Gamers' Haunt
4-1
80%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

DeckCopiesFinish
Kefka, Court Mage
Breno Pereira Sena,
1 main #3 (top 8)
of 17
2-1
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Lademir Silva Rodrigues Junior,
1 main #4 (top 8)
of 17
0-1
Rowan, Scion of War
Iago de Brito,
1 main #6 (top 8)
of 17
1-2
Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
Bruno Mendes,
1 main #12
of 17
0-1
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver
Gabriel,
1 main #13
of 17
0-1
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus + Tymna the Weaver
Walter,
1 main #14
of 17
0-1
Akiri, Line-Slinger + Thrasios, Triton Hero
Chess [CRUNCHY-MARG],
1 main #1 (top 8)
of 19
3-0
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Kyle Griego,
1 main #2 (top 8)
of 19
2-2