Elite Inquisitor
Creature — Human Soldier
First strike, vigilance
Protection from Vampires, from Werewolves, and from Zombies
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #20352
Elite Inquisitor is a two-mana 2/2 with first strike, vigilance, and protection from Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies — a tight defensive package for its cost. Against the wrong deck it's a brick wall; against anything else, it's an aggressively costed bear that trades up.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Elite Inquisitor is a meta-dependent card everywhere it's legal. In Modern and Legacy, the protection clause is only relevant against tribal decks, and a vanilla 2/2 with first strike and vigilance doesn't clear the bar for non-tribal play. Commander is where Elite Inquisitor finds the most consistent homes — tribal creature builds, particularly Human or white weenie strategies, appreciate the keywords at two mana, and the protection suite punishes the format's most popular creature types. In Legacy specifically, the card sees zero competitive play; the format's threat density makes a 2/2 irrelevant outside of a very narrow metagame call.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Elite Inquisitor is bulk — easy to acquire and easy to cut without remorse. The price reflects its narrow application: it's not stable value, just a cheap answer to specific creature types.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.