Forum Filibuster
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying. When you do, return up to one target Aura or Equipment card from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to that token.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #15491
Forum Filibuster locks down a permanent until your next turn the moment it enters — that's a combat trick, a combo-piece protector, and a removal shield all in one card. At four mana it's on the expensive side for a tap effect, but Killian, Decisive Mentor cuts that cost in half and suddenly it's a two-mana flash answer that also replaces itself if Killian's draw trigger is online.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Killian, Decisive Mentor
Killian, Decisive Mentor reduces Forum Filibuster's cost by two, making it a legitimate flash tempo play that stops a blocker, blanks removal targeting your creature, or freezes a combo piece — all while fitting cleanly into Killian's Aura-and-spell synergy package.
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor cares about instants and spells that protect and control the board, and Forum Filibuster slots in as repeatable interaction that keeps a threat tapped through Pearl-Ear's next-turn payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Forum Filibuster is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table is where a tap-until-your-next-turn effect pulls the most weight, letting you neutralize the most threatening permanent on board for a full rotation. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but there's no realistic shell running a four-mana sorcery-speed tap effect when those formats have Swords to Plowshares and Force of Will doing real work. Oathbreaker is its second-best home, where the condensed game length makes tempo swings matter more and spell-matters commanders can extract extra value from it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Forum Filibuster sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without thinking twice if it fits your build. Bulk rares at this price point don't tend to climb unless a commander breaks them wide open, so treat it as a cheap role-player, not a spec.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.