Alhammarret, High Arbiter
Legendary Creature — Sphinx
Flying
As Alhammarret enters, each opponent reveals their hand. You choose the name of a nonland card revealed this way.
Your opponents can't cast spells with the chosen name (as long as this creature is on the battlefield).
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #19214
Alhammarret, High Arbiter locks an opponent out of casting named cards for as long as it stays on the battlefield — that's a repeating soft-lock effect stapled to a 5/5 flyer for seven mana. The cost is real, but the information you gain on entry and the recurring denial it enables make it a legitimate control finisher in slower formats.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Alhammarret, High Arbiter does its best work — the singleton format means opponents often have only one or two copies of their key spell, and naming an opponent's win condition or combo piece on entry can stall an entire game plan. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana is a non-starter; those formats kill or combo before Alhammarret resolves, and even if it does, opponents have redundancy that makes the naming clause trivial. Modern and Pioneer are similarly inhospitable — the format speed and the prevalence of removal mean Alhammarret hits the battlefield and dies without generating meaningful value. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander appeal at a smaller table scale, and a control Oathbreaker shell can realistically cast it.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current pricing data for Alhammarret, High Arbiter isn't available in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. It's a single-printing mythic from a Standard-era set with a narrow competitive profile, which typically keeps supply low and price stable but not expensive.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.