What does Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer do in Magic: The Gathering?

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}{R} (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.)

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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

(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.)

Illustrated by Magali Villeneuve

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Legalities

Not Legal

standard

Not Legal

historic

Not Legal

pioneer

Legal

Modern

Not Legal

Legacy

Not Legal

pauper

Legal

vintage

Legal

Commander

Legal

brawl

Not Legal

alchemy

Rulings

You'll create a Treasure token even if that player has no cards left in their library to exile.

2021-06-18 • wotc

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.

2021-06-18 • wotc

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.

2021-06-18 • wotc

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.

2021-06-18 • wotc

You don't have to attack with the creature with dash unless another ability says you do.

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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.

2021-06-18 • wotc