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Ethersworn Adjudicator

Artifact Creature — Vedalken Knight

Flying
{1}{W}{B}, {T}: Destroy target creature or enchantment.
{2}{U}: Untap this creature.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{U}
Color identity
BUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Commander 2016
Price
$0.36
EDHREC rank
#8621
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Ethersworn Adjudicator card art
Ethersworn Adjudicator puts a repeatable destroy-any-permanent effect on a flying body — tap it, pay one blue, kill a creature or artifact or enchantment, and untap it with something like Staff of Domination to do it again. The catch is a six-mana entry point that demands artifact support to reach its ceiling, which is exactly why Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir shells are where it earns its slot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

39.2% of decks · synergy 0.36

Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir cares deeply about artifacts with activated abilities, and Ethersworn Adjudicator's tap-to-destroy effect is exactly the kind of repeatable threat that the knight-tribal artifact shell wants — Jabari's cost reduction and untap triggers let you fire the removal ability multiple times per turn cycle.

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Urza, Chief Artificer

Urza, Chief Artificer

20.1% of decks · synergy 0.17

Urza, Chief Artificer gives Ethersworn Adjudicator menace and turns every artifact into a mana source, which means the six-mana buy-in shrinks fast and the tap ability becomes free or near-free to activate as early as the turn it enters.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ethersworn Adjudicator is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive footprint outside Commander is essentially zero — six mana for a conditional removal engine doesn't clear the bar in formats where the game is often over by turn three or four. Commander is where it actually functions: a three-player threat with a board-controlling ability that scales well when you can generate untap effects or artifact mana to fuel repeated activations. In Oathbreaker it's theoretically playable but the smaller life totals and faster pace make the six-mana cost even steeper.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.36 bulk tier

At $0.36, Ethersworn Adjudicator is bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking about it. The price reflects low demand outside of niche artifact-tribal Commander builds, and there's no obvious pressure to push it higher given its narrow application.

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