Akroan Jailer
Creature — Human Soldier
, 
: Tap target creature.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23457
Akroan Jailer taps a target creature at sorcery speed for the low price of one white mana and a 1/1 body — functional, but the ceiling is a ceiling. Better tap effects exist at every price point, and this one asks you to attack just to use it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Akroan Jailer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but being legal and being good are different things. In Commander, a tap-one-creature effect attached to a fragile body that requires attacking to activate is too slow and too narrow — the format demands answers that affect multiple permanents or generate lasting advantage. Pauper is the one format where Akroan Jailer at least competes on rate, since the card pool is constrained enough that marginal tempo plays matter, but even there it struggles to make cuts. Everywhere else, it's background noise.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Akroan Jailer is deep bulk — it won't cost you anything to pick up, and it won't gain you anything to trade away. The price reflects the demand accurately: near zero.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.