Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer: Legendary Creature - Monkey Pirate, Modern Horizons 2. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {R}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Monkey Pirate
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 (MH2)
- Released
- 2021-06-18
- Collector number
- 138
- Artist
- Simon Dominic
- Keywords
- Treasure, Dash
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red legendary creature from Modern Horizons 2 (MH2), a draft-focused set released in June 2021. It is collector number 138 in that set, with art by Simon Dominic. It costs {R} (one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Vintage, Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Timeless and Gladiator. It is banned in Legacy, Duel Commander and Historic. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $41.00 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $41.00 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Banned |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Banned |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Banned |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy: Through the Ages (FCA) #43 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #99679 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Modern Horizons 2 Timeshifts (H2R) #11 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Multiverse Legends (MUL) #151 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Multiverse Legends (MUL) #151z | Mythic | 2023 |
| Multiverse Legends (MUL) #21 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Multiverse Legends (MUL) #86 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Promo (SLP) #2 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #91273 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #315 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #138s | Mythic | 2021 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, newest first.
- 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.
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