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Rivaz of the Claw

Rivaz of the Claw

Legendary Creature — Lizard Warlock · {1}{B}{R} · Black/Red commander

Menace {T}: Add two mana in any combination of colors. Spend this mana only to cast Dragon creature spells. Once during each of your turns, you may cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard. Whenever you cast a Dragon creature spell from your graveyard, it gains "When this creature dies, exile it."
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What Rivaz of the Claw actually does

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What a Rivaz of the Claw deck wants

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Best cards for Rivaz of the Claw

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki3 mana
  4. Goblin Chieftain3 mana
  5. Blacksmith's Talent1 mana
  6. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  7. Dragonlord Kolaghan // Dragonlord Kolaghan0 mana
  8. Lightning Greaves2 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Sword of Feast and Famine3 mana
  3. Amulet of Vigor1 mana
  4. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  5. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  6. Genji Glove5 mana
  7. Akki Battle Squad6 mana
  8. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Dragonlord Kolaghan // Dragonlord Kolaghan0 mana
  2. Shivan Devastator1 mana
  3. Slumbering Dragon1 mana
  4. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw2 mana
  5. Reckless Barbarian2 mana
  6. Atsushi, the Blazing Sky4 mana
  7. Leyline Tyrant4 mana
  8. Thunderbreak Regent4 mana

A card that is CAST to trigger the commander — reanimating or blinking it does not count

  1. Dragonlord Kolaghan // Dragonlord Kolaghan0 mana
  2. Shivan Devastator1 mana
  3. Slumbering Dragon1 mana
  4. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw2 mana
  5. Reckless Barbarian2 mana
  6. Smoldering Egg // Ashmouth Dragon2 mana
  7. Chaos Dragon3 mana
  8. Firespitter Whelp3 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. Phyrexian Tower0 mana
  2. High Market0 mana
  3. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  4. Susur Secundi, Void Altar0 mana
  5. Scavenger's Talent1 mana
  6. Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn0 mana
  7. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana
  8. Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs3 mana

Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource

  1. Takenuma, Abandoned Mire0 mana
  2. Stitcher's Supplier1 mana
  3. Altar of Dementia2 mana
  4. Mindcrank2 mana
  5. Ripples of Undeath2 mana
  6. Tibalt's Trickery2 mana
  7. Codex Shredder1 mana
  8. Eden, Seat of the Sanctum0 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Defile1 mana
  3. Tragic Slip1 mana
  4. Infernal Grasp2 mana
  5. Terminate2 mana
  6. Fatal Push1 mana
  7. Bitter Triumph2 mana
  8. Black Sun's Twilight1 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Do or Die2 mana
  2. Force of Despair3 mana
  3. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  4. Accursed Marauder2 mana
  5. Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
  6. Innocent Blood1 mana
  7. Breaking Point3 mana
  8. Coils of the Medusa2 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Entomb1 mana
  2. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  3. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  4. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  5. Lively Dirge2 mana
  6. Imperial Seal1 mana
  7. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  8. Diabolic Intent2 mana

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