Debtor's Pulpit
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
: Tap target creature."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25992
Debtor's Pulpit taps a land when it enters and locks one down permanently after that — a soft denial tool that slows one opponent without costing a card in hand. Five mana for an enchantment that doesn't win the game is the real cost, and in most Commander pods that's too slow to matter.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Debtor's Pulpit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in exactly none of the competitive ones. In Commander it finds its narrowest niche in stax and prison shells — think Hokori, Dust Drinker or Teferi, Hero of Dominaria strategies that already tax lands and want to lock a single problem player off a color. Outside Commander, five mana for this effect doesn't clear the bar in any format where faster answers exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Debtor's Pulpit is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Demand is too narrow and supply too abundant for that to change.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.