Collar the Culprit
Instant
Destroy target creature with toughness 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #25824
Collar the Culprit exiles a creature or planeswalker with four or more toughness at instant speed for four mana — clean, permanent removal with no conditions beyond the toughness floor. It's a solid role-player in formats where big bodies dominate, though the restriction cuts it out of the conversation when targets run small.
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, Collar the Culprit earns its slot against the format's fattest threats — Blightsteel Colossus, Toxrill, Ulamog — where exile at instant speed matters and toughness four or more is almost always met. Outside Commander, the card sees virtually no competitive play: Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy move too fast and run too many low-toughness threats for a four-mana sorcery-speed-adjacent instant to keep up. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Collar the Culprit is worth a second look, since the format's creatures trend larger relative to available removal and exile is at a premium.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Collar the Culprit is deep bulk — buy a playset for the price of a sleeve. Bulk commons rarely move on secondary market, so don't expect any price appreciation, but there's also zero financial risk to stocking a few copies for your trade binder.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.