Arrest
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #11235
Arrest locks a creature out completely — no attacking, no blocking, no activated abilities — for three mana at instant speed. It's a clean answer, but three mana for an enchantment-based effect that dies to any enchantment removal is a real liability in Commander.
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 |
In Commander, Arrest competes in a crowded field of white removal, and three mana for a conditional effect that loses to Disenchant effects puts it near the bottom of the stack — Darksteel Mutation and Kenrith's Transformation do more for the same cost or less. In Pauper it's more relevant, where the commons pool thins out and full-lock enchantments have fewer competitors. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage effectively ignore Arrest — those formats move too fast and pack too much artifact and enchantment removal for this to be reliable. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: playable in budget builds, but easily displaced once the list tightens.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Arrest is bulk in every sense — you'll find copies in common boxes at any LGS without a second thought. That price is stable because demand is low, not because supply is scarce; better options exist at the same price point, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.