Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder

Creature — Human Wizard // Sorcery

This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)

CMC
1
Mana cost
{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
common
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven
Price
$0.15
EDHREC rank
#20318
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Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder card art
Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder puts a vigilant, first-striking flier on the board that can tap opposing creatures, then flips into a spell that deals damage equal to an untapped creature's power — two real effects stapled together for four mana. The package is a fine role-player in dedicated tap-synergy shells, and Dual Casting turns the Rejoinder side into a two-for-one removal event, but outside those specific contexts it's too slow and too narrow for most tables.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Brigid, Clachan's Heart

14.5% of decks · synergy 0.14

Brigid, Clachan's Heart rewards every tapping creature you control, so Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder earns its slot twice: the front side is an on-theme tap outlet that triggers Brigid's anthem effect, and Rejoinder converts that same creature's power into direct damage when the situation calls for it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder is a niche piece — it belongs in Brigid, Clachan's Heart and similar tap-matters builds where the front half does real work, and almost nowhere else. Competitive and high-power tables will ignore it entirely; the four-mana investment buys a tap effect that doesn't close games fast enough. In 60-card formats it's not a factor — Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy all have strictly better options at every point on the curve. Pauper is the one format where cheap double-faced cards with two distinct modes get a second look, but even there Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder is too conditional to see consistent play.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.15 bulk tier

At $0.15, Elite Interceptor // Rejoinder sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure catalyst to move it off that floor. Pick it up if the synergy fits your deck — the price will not be the obstacle.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.