Celestial Regulator
Creature — Angel Advisor
Flying
When this creature enters, choose target creature you don't control and tap it. If you control a creature with a counter on it, the chosen creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #21171
Celestial Regulator taps a creature and keeps it tapped — a soft lock on any one threat for as long as you can keep the Regulator untapped. The cost is a two-mana 1/2 body that does nothing the turn it enters, which means it asks you to invest a full turn for an effect that dies to any removal pointed at it.
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 Regulator occupies the low end of tap-down effects — it answers one creature indefinitely but folds the moment an opponent destroys or bounces it, and multiplayer tables will present more threats than one tap can handle. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have faster, more efficient ways to neutralize creatures, so Celestial Regulator rarely competes there. Pauper is the most realistic home, where a repeatable tap effect on a cheap body has actual utility in slower, creature-heavy metas.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Celestial Regulator is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Bulk commons with narrow utility don't climb in price; pick one up for a penny-slot build and don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.