Hixus, Prison Warden
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, if Hixus entered this turn, exile that creature until Hixus leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #22766
Hixus, Prison Warden exiles attacking creatures for as long as it stays on the battlefield — a repeatable deterrent that compounds with each combat step. The five-mana flash body is clunky, and the exile clause returning creatures on death makes it a liability against sacrifice or blink effects aimed at Hixus itself.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Hixus, Prison Warden sees essentially all of its play, slotting into white creature-heavy control builds that want flash threats doubling as removal. The exile-on-attack trigger generates real value in multiplayer games where multiple opponents swing each turn, but the vulnerability to removal — which undoes all the work at once — keeps it firmly in casual tables. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it is simply outclassed by more efficient interaction and never sees competitive play. Vintage and Oathbreaker are legal in theory and irrelevant in practice.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Hixus, Prison Warden is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar box rather than order singles. Demand is low enough that the price is unlikely to move; run it if you open it, but it's not worth seeking out.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.