Court Street Denizen
Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever another white creature you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Kiora
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #7319
Court Street Denizen taps down an opponent's creature every time a white creature enters the battlefield under your control — a repeatable soft lock that compounds fast in token strategies. Hylda of the Icy Crown is the obvious home: every tap Court Street Denizen forces is a trigger Hylda can cash in for tokens, card draw, or a 4/4, turning a three-mana 2/1 into a genuine engine piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hylda of the Icy Crown
Hylda of the Icy Crown is the defining shell for Court Street Denizen — every white creature entering your battlefield taps an opponent's creature, which Hylda reads as a fresh trigger and converts into tokens or draw, creating a self-reinforcing loop that scales with the size of your board.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar floods the board with Human tokens whenever she attacks, and each of those entering creatures hands Court Street Denizen another tap target, turning combat into a one-sided lockout.
Darien, King of Kjeldor
Darien, King of Kjeldor converts the damage you take into Soldier tokens, and every Soldier that arrives off Darien's trigger gives Court Street Denizen another tap activation — so opponents punish themselves for attacking and get their blockers locked down in return.
Myrel, Shield of Argive
Myrel, Shield of Argive produces Soldier tokens at end of combat and protects your board during your turn, giving Court Street Denizen a steady supply of white creatures to enter and a protected window to use the resulting taps without fear of interaction.
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 |
Court Street Denizen is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it earns its slot almost exclusively in white token strategies, particularly Hylda of the Icy Crown builds where the tap triggers chain directly into the commander's ability. Pauper is the one competitive format where a repeatable tap-on-enter effect on a common body is worth examining — white weenie and flicker shells can get mileage out of the effect, though it rarely breaks through as a staple. In Modern and Pioneer the effect is simply too slow and fragile for a 2/1 at three mana to compete.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Hylda of the Icy CrownIntruder AlarmAshnod's AltarCourt Street Denizen
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Court Street Denizen is deep bulk — you can fill a playset for less than a dollar without thinking twice. Bulk commons with narrow homes don't typically climb in price, so treat it as a free slot to acquire rather than a spec.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.