Citizen's Arrest
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, exile target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls until this enchantment leaves the battlefield.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #19301
Citizen's Arrest exiles any nonland permanent — creatures, planeswalkers, artifacts, enchantments, all of it — which is a broader target range than most white removal spells. The cost is real: your opponent gets a Treasure token, so this is a tempo loss you accept when you need the exile clause badly enough.
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, Citizen's Arrest is outclassed by Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile for creature removal, but its ability to hit planeswalkers and other permanents gives it a niche in white decks that need flexible answers on a budget. Pauper is where it competes most seriously — unconditional exile at common is rare, and the Treasure drawback matters less when opponents are already resource-constrained. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow at three mana and too symmetrically punishing to see competitive play. Legacy and Vintage have better options at every point on the curve, so Citizen's Arrest doesn't register there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Citizen's Arrest is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common box, not a singles list. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is high; this is a pickup for budget Commander brewers filling a flex removal slot, not a card you're trading around.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.