Rigo, Streetwise Mentor

GUWBant{G/W}{W}{W/U}$0.24
Legendary Creature — Cat Citizen
Rigo, Streetwise Mentor card art

Rigo enters with a shield counter on it. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) Whenever you attack a player or planeswalker with one or more creatures with power 1 or less, draw a card.

Build a deck with Rigo
TCGplayerCard Kingdom

How Rigo decks play in EDH

Rigo, Streetwise Mentor is a Bant commander in white, blue and green costing G/WWW/U, and its legendary creature - cat citizen line shapes the whole deck around it. It draws extra cards, so the deck can afford a lower curve and lean on volume. The cards below are the ones Rigo, Streetwise Mentor decks actually play most often, grouped by the job they do.

Most-played cards

20 cards · about $33.72

Play rates from EDHREC. Prices from Scryfall, refreshed daily.

Card draw (4)

Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot
$0.21
The Queen of Dale
The Queen of Dale
$15.78
Bard, King of Dale
Bard, King of Dale
$3.70
Looter il-Kor
Looter il-Kor
$0.14

Removal (3)

Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares
$1.01
Dusk // Dawn
Dusk // Dawn
$0.23
Path to Exile
Path to Exile
$0.71

Counterspells (1)

Siren Stormtamer
Siren Stormtamer
$0.32

Creatures (10)

Ghalta the Immovable
Ghalta the Immovable
$0.40
Pia, Aether Ascetic
Pia, Aether Ascetic
$1.42
Signal Pest
Signal Pest
$0.37
Soltari Foot Soldier
Soltari Foot Soldier
$0.31
Swooping Lookout
Swooping Lookout
$0.28
Ruin-Lurker Bat
Ruin-Lurker Bat
$0.38
Cephalid Facetaker
Cephalid Facetaker
$4.29
Hope of Ghirapur
Hope of Ghirapur
$2.64
Gudul Lurker
Gudul Lurker
$0.39
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive
$0.15

Synergy & payoffs (2)

Rabble Rousing
Rabble Rousing
$0.78

Build the full 100

Grimoire generates a complete, Commander-legal Rigo, Streetwise Mentor decklist with a written strategy, a full mana base and live prices — from the whole card pool, or only from cards you already own.

Start with Rigo

Rigo deck questions

What colours can I use in a Rigo, Streetwise Mentor deck?

Rigo, Streetwise Mentor has a Bant colour identity, so every card in the deck must be white, blue and green or colourless. That includes mana symbols in rules text, not just casting cost.

What are the best cards for Rigo, Streetwise Mentor?

The cards played most often in Rigo, Streetwise Mentor decks include Bilbo, Luckwearer // Burglar's Plot, Ghalta the Immovable, The Queen of Dale. The full list of staples above is grouped by the job each card does, so you can see the deck's skeleton rather than just a pile of names.

How much does a Rigo, Streetwise Mentor deck cost?

The 20 most-played cards shown above come to roughly $33.72 at current market prices. A complete 100-card build costs more, and Grimoire can generate a budget version instead if you set a price ceiling.

Can I build a Rigo, Streetwise Mentor deck from cards I already own?

Yes. Import your collection into Grimoire and choose "my cards" when you build. The generator will only use cards you actually own, and the Missing Cards page shows what you would need to buy to finish any list.

Other Bant commanders

Helga, Skittish SeerMorska, Undersea SleuthSophia, Dogged DetectiveAmareth, the Lustrous