Radagast of Rhosgobel
HOB · rare · Released 2026-08-14
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Derived from the 7 atoms below.
above rate
meaningful alone
wants support
scales up
multiple modes
broadly useful
easily answered
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Rationale
Radagast is a 4-mana 2/5 that reduces the first creature spell you cast each turn by {2} and grants it flash, enabling surprise blockers, instant-speed ETB triggers, and significant mana savings. He is a premier green midrange and creature-combo enabler, effectively making every creature deck faster; his flash-granting is especially prized in flicker shells where creatures bounce and recast at instant speed. Conflicts with spellslinger and control shells that run few or no creatures.
Learnings (3)
Radagast's flash-granting is a static ability that applies at cast time, meaning the creature spell goes on the stack with flash — this lets you respond to triggers and blockers in ways normal sorcery-speed creatures cannot.
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The {2} cost reduction plus flash combo is especially powerful with high-CMC ETB creatures in flash/flicker builds: you can hold up interaction and deploy a threat on the opponent's end step at a 2-mana discount.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Because the ability applies to 'the first creature spell each turn,' it triggers on opponents' turns as well as your own, enabling instant-speed creature plays every turn cycle at reduced cost — making Radagast effectively a persistent flash-enabler, not just a once-per-round effect.
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Popularity
- EDHREC rank: #18,706