Magic: The Gathering

Riftsweeper

The List MMA-159 • uncommon

Set: The List
Collector number: MMA-159
Rarity: Uncommon
Mana cost: 1 generic mana green mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Green
Artist: Brian Despain
Market price: $0.48

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Market

What it's worth

$0.48market price via TCGplayer · Aug 25, 2026$0.47 – $0.50 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

Riftsweeper serves as a strategic tool for managing card movement between zones, allowing players to retrieve specific cards from the exile area. Its presence in this collection as an uncommon card highlights its utility in gameplay, providing a reliable way to interact with exiled resources that would otherwise be permanently lost.

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Card face

What it does

When this creature enters, choose target face-up exiled card. Its owner shuffles it into their library.

"Beings of the rifts are not natural. No longer will these abominations tread upon the body of Gaea."

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperNot legal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Riftsweeper was originally released in the 2008 Modern Masters expansion, designed for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game by Wizards of the Coast. Its mechanics were developed to serve as a niche utility card, specifically intended to interact with the graveyard by allowing players to return removed-from-game cards to their owner's library, providing a strategic check against exile-heavy playstyles.

The card features artwork by Greg Staples, whose illustrative style emphasizes the high-fantasy aesthetic characteristic of the game's broader lore. Upon its release, it was received as a functional tool for competitive sideboards, and it has since been reprinted in 'The List', a curated selection of cards that periodically appear in Set Boosters to maintain availability for players navigating various constructed formats.

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About

About Riftsweeper

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