Azorius Justiciar
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, detain up to two target creatures your opponents control. (Until your next turn, those creatures can't attack or block and their activated abilities can't be activated.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Remastered
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #20431
Azorius Justiciar enters the battlefield and detains two creatures — removing them from combat and locking out their activated abilities until your next turn. Four mana for a 2/2 that does this once is too slow and too fragile for most 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 |
Azorius Justiciar sees essentially no play outside of casual Commander, and even there it's a fringe inclusion. In competitive formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, a four-mana 2/2 with a one-shot detain effect can't compete with the card-efficient interaction those formats demand. In Commander, it fits narrowest in detain-tribal or Azorius blink shells — commanders like Brago, King Eternal can reset the detain triggers repeatedly, which is the only context where Azorius Justiciar becomes genuinely threatening.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Azorius Justiciar is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable because demand is low and copies are plentiful, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.