Relic Retriever
Relic Retriever: Creature - Spirit Monkey, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Spirit Monkey
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 35
- Artist
- Aldo Domínguez
- Commander rank
- 10,891 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- First strike, Treasure
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About Relic Retriever
Relic Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 35 in that set, with art by Aldo Domínguez. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Secrets of Strixhaven Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
First strike
At the beginning of each end step, if a card left your graveyard this turn, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Students working in the field for the first time learn the benefits of small, agile spirit statues over large, strong ones.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Relic Retriever by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Relic Retriever
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #83 | Rare | 2026 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Relic Retriever.
- Relic Retriever's last ability will check as your end step starts to see if any cards have left your graveyard this turn. If none did, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to remove cards from your graveyard during your end step in time to have the ability trigger.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Relic Retriever is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.