Celestial Enforcer
Creature — Human Cleric
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: Tap target creature. Activate only if you control a creature with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #28388
Celestial Enforcer locks down one creature per turn cycle as long as you have a creature with greater power — consistent soft stax that punishes creature-light boards and stalls combat math. The cost is its fragility: it needs a bigger creature on your side to work, and it does nothing the turn it enters unless you already have that board presence.
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, Celestial Enforcer occupies a narrow slot — it's a repeatable tap effect that trades hard removal for sustained pressure, best in decks that consistently field high-power creatures and want to neutralize a single problem permanent each turn. Pauper is where it has the most realistic competitive ceiling, since the common card pool has fewer instant-speed answers and creature matchups are decided by bodies, making the power-check relevant. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, the card is legal but irrelevant — faster formats punish three-mana creatures that don't affect the board immediately and conditionally, and better stax pieces exist at every price point. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: niche but functional if your planeswalker-plus-signature-spell shell keeps a large creature in play.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Celestial Enforcer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or pull from a common box without a second thought. It won't appreciate; the effect is too narrow and the competition for white stax slots too stiff for demand to move the needle.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.