Card
Captain Ripley Vance
Mana cost {2}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Pirate 3/2
Whenever you cast your third spell each turn, put a +1/+1 counter on Captain Ripley Vance, then it deals damage equal to its power to any target.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. 3 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · CMM · #209
- Cheapest printing
- €0.05
- EDHREC salt
- 0.17
- Color identity
- Red
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
No known combos for this card.
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2021-06-18 · Wizards of the Coast
Believe it or not, Ripley counts spells that were cast even if they didn't resolve. This means it still counts spells that were countered. - 2021-06-18 · Wizards of the Coast
Copying a spell is not the same as casting a spell. - 2021-06-18 · Wizards of the Coast
Captain Ripley Vance need not be on the battlefield to witness the first two spells being cast. As long as it's already on the battlefield when you cast the third spell of a turn, its ability triggers.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast