Catapult Master
Creature — Human Soldier
Tap five untapped Soldiers you control: Exile target creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Price
- $1.22
- EDHREC rank
- #10598
Catapult Master exiles any nonblack creature on the table for free — as long as you can tap five Soldiers alongside it. The setup cost is real, but in a deck that reliably floods the board with Soldiers, like Darien, King of Kjeldor, the activation is trivial and the payoff is unconditional removal that laughs at indestructible.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor generates Soldiers every time you take damage, which means Catapult Master's five-Soldier tap cost refills itself naturally — you're converting incoming damage into targeted exile at instant speed.
Myrel, Shield of Argive
Myrel, Shield of Argive locks opponents out of spells and abilities on your turn, so when you tap five Soldiers to fire Catapult Master, nothing can respond — exile resolves clean every time.
Commander Mustard
Commander Mustard rewards running a dense Soldier package, and Catapult Master slots directly into that critical mass as a repeatable removal outlet that scales with every token or creature already doing work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Catapult Master is a Commander card through and through — the five-Soldier tap cost is prohibitive in any format where you can't reliably go wide, and competitive Legacy and Vintage have zero interest in a 3/3 for four that needs a crowd to function. In Commander, where token-flooding white decks are a proven archetype, the activation becomes routine by mid-game and unconditional nonblack exile is a meaningful effect at any table. Oathbreaker is a legal home as well, though the smaller board states make the cost harder to meet consistently. Everywhere else, Catapult Master simply doesn't exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.22 cheap tier
At $1.22, Catapult Master sits comfortably in the bulk-rare tier — it's an easy include from a budget standpoint, and there's no financial barrier to testing it. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere dramatic, so pick it up whenever it's convenient.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.