Expel the Interlopers
Sorcery
Choose a number between 0 and 10. Destroy all creatures with power greater than or equal to the chosen number.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #2733
Expel the Interlopers wipes the board of every creature with power below a chosen number — on your terms, at instant speed, for five mana. Felothar the Steadfast is the marquee home, where the ability to surgically spare your own high-power threats while erasing smaller blockers is exactly the point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felothar the Steadfast
Felothar the Steadfast cares about having creatures with high power on board, and Expel the Interlopers lets you name a number that wipes opponents' utility creatures and tokens while leaving your own threats untouched — it's a one-sided board wipe in nearly every practical situation the deck manufactures.
Arcades, the Strategist
Arcades, the Strategist runs creatures with zero power and wants them to survive, so Expel the Interlopers set to any number above zero clears the board of every opposing creature while leaving the entire Arcades, the Strategist board completely intact.
Betor, Kin to All
Betor, Kin to All floods the board with large creatures across multiple creature types, and Expel the Interlopers set high enough to protect that board gives the deck a reliable way to demolish go-wide token strategies or low-power value creatures that would otherwise gum up combat.
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant builds around large reach creatures that attack freely, and Expel the Interlopers serves as the clean-up spell that removes the small blockers and utility creatures opponents use to stabilize before Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant's threats push through for the win.
Delney, Streetwise Lookout
Delney, Streetwise Lookout cares about creatures with power two or less, so Expel the Interlopers set to three or higher surgically destroys every large threat on the opposing side while Delney, Streetwise Lookout's entire creature base walks away untouched.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Expel the Interlopers fills a narrow but reliable role: one-sided board wipe for decks that consistently maintain a power floor above what opponents can match. Outside Commander, it sees virtually no competitive play — Modern and Pioneer have faster, cleaner removal, and the sorcery-speed restriction in other contexts makes it too slow to matter. Standard and Legacy are legal but similarly uninterested; the effect requires a specific board state that constructed formats don't reliably produce. This is a Commander card through and through, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Expel the Interlopers is deep bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the deck calls for it. Niche mass-removal spells at this price point rarely spike unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so don't expect movement, but there's no financial reason to hesitate on a copy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Felothar the Steadfast
- Arcades, the Strategist
- Betor, Kin to All
- Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.